Synonyms for states' rights
states' rights

Princeton's WordNet

1. states' rightsnoun

   a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states

2. states' rightsnoun

   the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution

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1. • Doctrine
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1. Kevin Cramer:

   Ive spent eight years in Congress fighting principally for states rights.

2. Marvin Dulaney:

   That Confederacy period is still part of that history. Criticize it and indeed tell the truth about it, that its about slavery and not states rights and so on.

3. Cory Gardner:

   Since the campaign, President Trump has consistently supported states ’ rights to decide for themselves how best to approach marijuana, late Wednesday, I received acommitment fromthePresident that the Department of Justice’s rescission of the Cole memo will not impact Colorado’s legal marijuana industry.

4. Donald Kettl:

   Senate Democrats had what seemed to be a kind of big moment in the 1960s where... states' rights were pushed back because of concerns that states left to their own devices would pursue policies that were discriminatory.

5. Jen Klein:

   Already Vice President Pence and GOP Leader McCarthy have announced their support for a nationwide ban on abortion, passed by Congress. No woman in any state -- no matter how pro-choice that state -- would have the right to choose. Abortion would be illegal everywhere. The ultra-MAGA agenda on choice has never been about' states rights.' This has always been about taking away women's rights, in every single state.