Are there any works which chronicle the movement of American states focusing heavily on "state's rights" to falling under / accepting / actively supporting federal rule?
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Anonymous2007-11-03 17:15
anti-federalist papers?
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Anonymous2007-11-03 17:40
No, something written recently ie. 20th/21st century, covering (showing my lack of knowledge on the subject) things like the ratification of the 16th amendment, less focus on militia and a federal, standing army, etc. Ie. covering a large part of the history from the forming of the USA up to today.
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Anonymous2007-11-03 18:02
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I have no idea where to find that exactly, I'm just an eurofag, but here's a book by Ron Paul that might help you a bit, but it's not exactly what you're requesting: http://www.mises.org/books/freedomsiege.pdf
Also, more articles/books from that site might be of use, so feel free to browse.
Read the Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers, it pretty much covers this argument of States Rights vs. Federal Government.
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Anonymous2007-11-03 20:06
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He wants to know what how states rights faded historically.
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Anonymous2007-11-04 12:30
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One big reason states' rights started to fade historically was that the populations of states started electing senators by a direct popular vote of the citizens of that state. Prior to the 17th amendment, the state government's that were elected by the people APPOINTED senators to represent the interests of the states in Washington. Then you had a House of Representatives which represented the interests of the people, and you had a Senate which was supposed to represent the interest of INDIVIDUAL STATES. The 17th amendment got rid of that whole system, and states' rights have since gone on the decline. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment17/
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Anonymous2007-11-04 20:16
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try studying the time just befour the civil war through the reformation...and thats what you asked for