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The Parking Spot: How Federalism Became America's Oldest Political Weapon

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The "states' rights" party's Vice President just told the states to sit down and shut up.

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Federalism isn't a philosophy. It's a parking spot.

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The polling is brutal. On requiring local cooperation with ICE:

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Once you see the parking spot, you can't unsee it. And the next time someone tells you they believe in "states' rights" or "federal supremacy," you'll know exactly which question to ask.