States’ rights yes, states’ rights no
The Republicans are fond of saying they’re for states’ rights. They don’t seem to be able to walk the walk, though: the Bush administration has intervened against a California medical marijuana initiative, against an Oregon assisted-suicide initiative, in support of an Ohio law outlawing late-term abortion, and now he’s just told the state of Nevada to shut up and eat their radioactive waste. The “states’ rights” crowd has never been interested in the rights of states, except when it suited their right-wing agenda.