# What does "State's Rights" really mean?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-states-rights-really-mean/781103>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 1, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-states-rights-really-mean/781103 "2017-03-01T13:23:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-states-rights-really-mean/781103/19 "2017-03-01T17:11:45Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> Thanks for checking and for correcting yourself!
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> Do you then agree that Confederacy-supporters who cried “states rights!” at the same time as supporting this act can reasonably be characterized as being hypocritical?

Absolutely.

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