The Nature of our Nation...

Of note in the Western US is a recent movement, beginning in the beautiful state of Montana, towards asserting a level of sovereignty assigned to the states themselves. I would like to draw a few parallels between the legal battle there and the fringes of my previous post on Decentralization. In effect a lawsuit, brought by Montanans against the federal government, and recently joined by several other states, is challenging whether or not the federal government has authority to regulate purely intrastate commerce. Specifically, the issue at hand is firearms produced and sold within the state, however it touches on the corners of the debate regarding the limits of power. Obviously, I have my own opinions, and see this as a step, and a legal one, in the direction of decentralization, and in fact legitimizing the states as individual entities. Also note the states that have joined in on the lawsuit, and compare them to a list I personally posted quite recently on this website...