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but New Zealand has strong immigration laws,
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so don't even think it.
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States' rights is a theory, Im going to argue,
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a theory of the proper relations of the levels of government,
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how power is distributed between those levels of government.
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It is a theory of the nature of federalism.
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But--and I think this is the crucial point
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and you can argue this, we can argue this forever,
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and we probably will if we're Americans--
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but I would argue that
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the significance of states' rights
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is always and everywhere in the cause to which it is employed.