Why are voter rules/regulations set by the States? Since there is so much abuse and voter suppression, and has been for decades (I was in high school when Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act) why can’t it be made federal? Every time they throw things back as a state issue - like they’ve done with abortion - the fraud and damage begins! …
Why are voter rules/regulations set by the States? Since there is so much abuse and voter suppression, and has been for decades (I was in high school when Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act) why can’t it be made federal? Every time they throw things back as a state issue - like they’ve done with abortion - the fraud and damage begins! I read someone’s treatise on Substack that woke me up. The subject was “less government” and attempts to do so, but logically they stated with a land size of 3,532,316 square miles and population of 340,110,988, in reality small government doesn’t work. Also with all the states taking different stands, it’s separating us against each other and no longer a country on common ground. Of course that’s the steps to Civil War and separation.
Thank you William for your comments and thank you so much Daniel for the facts that answered my question - our partisan Supreme Court again! Next question then, is that in would take another voting law act to place it back where it was with explicit laws stopping gerrymandered, suppression and not only against those of color, but the poor and even elderly as well!
I quite agree. I think the constitution gives too much space to states which were absolute fiefdoms when it was written. Many citizens never left the county they were born in, and fewer left the state they were born in. Travel was beyond difficult. But we now need laws that cover the country as many pass through several states quite often.
Kimberley, the problem lies in the very name, The United States of America. States is just another name for a Nation. A parallel is the European Union.
Each of the states in the United States is a sovereign entity, and that is recognized by the Constitution. The federal government only has the powers granted it by the states by a majority vote. The States when they ratified the constitution, and the constitution had to be ratified by the states to have any effect, agreed to abide by all laws that were approved by the majority. To ensure fair play, by the smaller and less populace states, which were in the main, the slave owning agrarian states, but not exclusively NH, VT, RI, CT, were small states, each state would be allotted a representation of two in the House of Lords, err Senate.
Since the House of Representatives (House of Comons) was populated by the rabble of common folk, theHouse of Lords (Senate) would have veto power over them, as all laws had to pass both houses, unlike ratifications of appointments for cabinet and judges, in that case only the approval of the House of Lords was required.
It is famously said that we are a nation of laws and not men, but those laws were written by men. Men pursuring their own self interests, protecting themselves from thing they feared and enabling them to acquire the things that they wanted.
Why are voter rules/regulations set by the States? Since there is so much abuse and voter suppression, and has been for decades (I was in high school when Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act) why can’t it be made federal? Every time they throw things back as a state issue - like they’ve done with abortion - the fraud and damage begins! I read someone’s treatise on Substack that woke me up. The subject was “less government” and attempts to do so, but logically they stated with a land size of 3,532,316 square miles and population of 340,110,988, in reality small government doesn’t work. Also with all the states taking different stands, it’s separating us against each other and no longer a country on common ground. Of course that’s the steps to Civil War and separation.
Thank you William for your comments and thank you so much Daniel for the facts that answered my question - our partisan Supreme Court again! Next question then, is that in would take another voting law act to place it back where it was with explicit laws stopping gerrymandered, suppression and not only against those of color, but the poor and even elderly as well!
I quite agree. I think the constitution gives too much space to states which were absolute fiefdoms when it was written. Many citizens never left the county they were born in, and fewer left the state they were born in. Travel was beyond difficult. But we now need laws that cover the country as many pass through several states quite often.
Great comment Margaret!
Kimberley, the problem lies in the very name, The United States of America. States is just another name for a Nation. A parallel is the European Union.
Each of the states in the United States is a sovereign entity, and that is recognized by the Constitution. The federal government only has the powers granted it by the states by a majority vote. The States when they ratified the constitution, and the constitution had to be ratified by the states to have any effect, agreed to abide by all laws that were approved by the majority. To ensure fair play, by the smaller and less populace states, which were in the main, the slave owning agrarian states, but not exclusively NH, VT, RI, CT, were small states, each state would be allotted a representation of two in the House of Lords, err Senate.
Since the House of Representatives (House of Comons) was populated by the rabble of common folk, theHouse of Lords (Senate) would have veto power over them, as all laws had to pass both houses, unlike ratifications of appointments for cabinet and judges, in that case only the approval of the House of Lords was required.
It is famously said that we are a nation of laws and not men, but those laws were written by men. Men pursuring their own self interests, protecting themselves from thing they feared and enabling them to acquire the things that they wanted.
We're supposed to have one (wo)man, one vote. But as my ol Pappy used to say, in electoral matters trees and cows are more important than people.
The voting rights act was viable until the Roberts court.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/07/selective-originalism-and-selective-textualism-how-the-roberts-court-decimated-the-voting-rights-act/