That's probably a function of when your adult life took place.

Possibly. Adult life started in the early 80s. Reagan was king. I voted for him second term, before I realized all the "dog whistles" that I wasn't hearing (but should have...I plead youthful ignorance). He was all about state's rights, and I've been hearing that phrase now for 40 years.

I think the CO case about the ballot is the first time I can remember that conservatives said "a state can't do that". Before it was always "the feds should let the states do what they want" (oversimplified, admittedly, but you get the point).

I do expect more abortion nonsense from the conservatives as they will probably want the federal to ban the practice regardless of what the states choose to do. So "state's rights" apparently is only a thing when the feds are doing something they don't like. I prefer we stick with the actual Constitutional powers of the states and the feds, though I think I can safely be called a federalist. I don't like a hodge-podge of "rights" depending on what state you happen to be in. They should be uniform nationwide.

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