Sharon McMahon

That's absolutely true. Literally from the very beginning, before the modern Republican and Democratic parties, which have not existed in the format that they exist today for very long, you have the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists, which were very much this idea of how much should the federal government do versus how much should the state governments do.

That's absolutely true. Literally from the very beginning, before the modern Republican and Democratic parties, which have not existed in the format that they exist today for very long, you have the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists, which were very much this idea of how much should the federal government do versus how much should the state governments do.

And obviously leading up to the Civil War, we have this continual tension between what states have the right to do and the federal government has the right to do. You see it with abortion today. Another state's rights issue. What should the states have the right to do?

And obviously leading up to the Civil War, we have this continual tension between what states have the right to do and the federal government has the right to do. You see it with abortion today. Another state's rights issue. What should the states have the right to do?

And obviously leading up to the Civil War, we have this continual tension between what states have the right to do and the federal government has the right to do. You see it with abortion today. Another state's rights issue. What should the states have the right to do?

Of course, you understand Los Angeles needs different environmental rules than northern Minnesota, where I live, where we have too much water as opposed to not enough water, you know, where we have almost nobody that lives there. Of course, it makes sense that there are certain things that fall under the purview of states. But to what extent? To what end?

Of course, you understand Los Angeles needs different environmental rules than northern Minnesota, where I live, where we have too much water as opposed to not enough water, you know, where we have almost nobody that lives there. Of course, it makes sense that there are certain things that fall under the purview of states. But to what extent? To what end?

Of course, you understand Los Angeles needs different environmental rules than northern Minnesota, where I live, where we have too much water as opposed to not enough water, you know, where we have almost nobody that lives there. Of course, it makes sense that there are certain things that fall under the purview of states. But to what extent? To what end?

Is it fair that women in one state should be able to receive a certain type of medical care while somebody in another state should not be able to receive that kind of medical care? And so you're right that this is a continual balancing act that the federal government is trying to find the right happy medium.

Is it fair that women in one state should be able to receive a certain type of medical care while somebody in another state should not be able to receive that kind of medical care? And so you're right that this is a continual balancing act that the federal government is trying to find the right happy medium.

Is it fair that women in one state should be able to receive a certain type of medical care while somebody in another state should not be able to receive that kind of medical care? And so you're right that this is a continual balancing act that the federal government is trying to find the right happy medium.

And right now, with the more conservative-leaning Supreme Court, they're tipping back towards this sort of states' rights issues. Yeah.

And right now, with the more conservative-leaning Supreme Court, they're tipping back towards this sort of states' rights issues. Yeah.

And right now, with the more conservative-leaning Supreme Court, they're tipping back towards this sort of states' rights issues. Yeah.

More about the collective. Yes.

More about the collective. Yes.

More about the collective. Yes.

I bring this point up all the time, too, that we actually cannot have one political party. We need multiple political parties. One political party is a dictatorship, right? So we can't just be like, well, I hope the people I like get into power and screw the rest of y'all. That's actually not a healthy democracy.

I bring this point up all the time, too, that we actually cannot have one political party. We need multiple political parties. One political party is a dictatorship, right? So we can't just be like, well, I hope the people I like get into power and screw the rest of y'all. That's actually not a healthy democracy.

I bring this point up all the time, too, that we actually cannot have one political party. We need multiple political parties. One political party is a dictatorship, right? So we can't just be like, well, I hope the people I like get into power and screw the rest of y'all. That's actually not a healthy democracy.