The United States Government has to much power now and needs to be given back to the States.

States Rights :) a fun topic that a war has been fought over I love it. Let us hope not as many people die in this debate that died in the civil war. Firstly I will refute your example and move on to submit my own case. While it is true that the main expenditure of the federal government is state spending and the main income of the state is federal money this does not constitute a method of control over the state. In your example of no child left behind where the United States Gov. will cease funding to states that do not meet a certain academic level. Although this is fact the only reason it would be relevant is if the Government was forcing the state to raise their education standards (which is of course a state duty) if and only if the Federal Gov. was forcing the states hand would this be relevant. I expect you to rebut this by saying that the Federal Gov. has threatened to cut off money although this is true, the state could easily increase taxes to make up for this loss in funds if it wanted to. Can the Federal Gov. do what it wants with its money? YES! Is it the states constitutional right to receive money from the Federal Gov. ? NO! And therefore the states rights are not by any means being violated under this piece of legislation no matter how horrible an idea it is. Moving on to my own case. The state has checks to ensure their role in Gov. I submit the following as checks to defend a states rights. 1. The Supreme court. Nine times out of ten the supreme court has sided with the sates to insure the stability between the state and federal gov. <------------------------ THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CHECK AS IT IS A PART OF THE FEDERAL GOV. THAT WEAKENS ITSELF MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE FEDERAL GOV. TO BE TO POWERFUL AT ANY TIME. 2. The Electoral College, this ensures that states have a say in deciding who is to be president so that they have an extra level of power. 3. Congress, this is set up so that every state has representatives who speak with the residents of a state and the state gov. to determine what that state wants. 4. The Tenth amendment which gives states every power not delegated to the Federal Gov. in the Constitution. 5. Civil Disobedience in a violent or non-violent manor. The supreme weapon against Gov. the act of flat out disobeying a law laid out by the gov. An account of this would be the civil war, although this act ultimately failed it was still with in the states rights to use this as a means of protest. Because of these 5 checks it is impossible for the Federal Gov. to have "to much power" because our society and our constitution is set up so that it can not. A good example of this would be New Hampshire's state law stating that that state must have the first primary. This is something that the Federal government can not act upon. Why because the states have more power than the Federal Gov. In conclusion I stand firmly against the Resolution which states "The United States Government has to much power now and needs to be given back to the States." For the reasons listed above, and I can therefore urge nothing less than a con ballot.