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States' rights   /steɪts raɪts/   Listen
States' rights

noun
1.
A doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states.
2.
The rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution.



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"States' rights" Quotes from Famous Books



... than for the Federal Government, have been "strict constructionists," and have advocated a close and narrow interpretation of this clause of "implied powers." From their desire to retain in the State governments as many powers as possible, they have been known as the "States' Rights Party." Opposing them has been the party of "loose constructionists," the members of which have held to a free, liberal interpretation of the constitution, and have endeavored to increase the power of the Federal Government. ...
— Government and Administration of the United States • Westel W. Willoughby and William F. Willoughby


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