The problem is a lot of states are stupid and self-destructive. A lot of them are essentially on the welfare of the federal government because they're so economically inept and seem addicted to passing policy that makes their state even less desirable.
If we just let them do whatever, WE pay. I pay. That's not free. They're not sovereign states, they're still part of the union. And that means my hard earned money has to go to making sure fucked up states don't completely shit the bed. Ultimately some place like Louisiana shouldn't even exist. But it does, because we fund their existence through welfare.
I don't want to make millions of Americans lives more shit for some ideological cause that I don't even know makes sense.
Okay, we should leave it to the states. Why? Why should we do that? Because someone 200 years ago said so in the federalist papers? Is that good enough to make life shit for millions of people with absolutely no economic gain?
Also, elephant in the room: this court is not made up of textualists. That's just what they tell you so that what they do sounds justified.
If we just let them do whatever, WE pay. I pay. That's not free. They're not sovereign states, they're still part of the union. And that means my hard earned money has to go to making sure fucked up states don't completely shit the bed. Ultimately some place like Louisiana shouldn't even exist. But it does, because we fund their existence through welfare.
I don't want to make millions of Americans lives more shit for some ideological cause that I don't even know makes sense.
Okay, we should leave it to the states. Why? Why should we do that? Because someone 200 years ago said so in the federalist papers? Is that good enough to make life shit for millions of people with absolutely no economic gain?
Also, elephant in the room: this court is not made up of textualists. That's just what they tell you so that what they do sounds justified.