The DeSantis administration’s latest culture war fight over a college-level psychology course is sending Florida schools scrambling to figure out how to handle the confusing standoff, with just days to spare before students return from summer break.
The DeSantis administration’s latest culture war fight over a college-level psychology course is sending Florida schools scrambling to figure out how to handle the confusing standoff, with just days to spare before students return from summer break.
The constitution was written like the federal government was more the EU than a single country. States have always been able to take away rights that aren’t specifically in the constitution, like education.
It’s a flaw, because states are not separate countries anymore, and it’s a flaw that’s being exploited hard, but preventing republicans from using that flaw would require branches of government that weren’t corrupt.
Considering the geographic, economic, and cultural differences among the states, I prefer the strong state argument. You think giving more power to the Federal government is good because you assume those in power will align with your ideals. What happens when you assume wrong and someone like DeSantis has the keys to the White House?
I’m more in the camp of we half-assed it. Strong state? Cool, let’s downgrade the federal government to “economic block” instead of “republic”. Strong federal? Great, why are we letting 50 mini-governments screw over our citizens?
Having both lets bad players point at others and declare it’s their fault.
I do think strong federal government is gonna be inevitable, because they won’t give back power they have, but I’m not cheering it on.