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An individual has posted a response to my last post (found below) that appears to support the idea that those who support states' rights should support the decisions in Florida that are leading to the death of Terri Schiavo. Senator Warner's objections are cited.

Somehow, one of the champions of states' rights in principle, Ronald Reagan, also was an eloquent defender of the right to life as President.

Barry Goldwater was an outspoken proponent of states' rights. However, he also is famous for borrowing from Cicero and stating that, "extremism in defense of libery is no vice, and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."

Additionally, it is highly unlikely that the Anti-Federalists who were afraid of the national government trampling the rights of the states' would have ever argued that a state has the right to sanction the murder of one of its own people. In essence, the judicial branch of the state of Florida is perpetrating an act that deprives Mrs. Schaivo of both her life and her liberty, and that is thoroughly un-American.