States Rights Vs Federal Government

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The question all Americans are asked at some point in time is the question of the states’ rights vs the control of the federal government. Many people believe that the states’ should have more control than the federal government because they don’t like the rules or laws that the federal government place on the American people. They use excuses like, the states created the federal government not the other way around, or that some states have different values than others. Well I personally believe that the federal government should have the power to declare a law without states that don’t benefit majorly from the law threatening to nullify the it.
In article six of the constitution it states “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States

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