The Meaning of "State's Rights"

[Toro]

Local as possible. People have a better chance of knowing the truth from locals than someone on the other side of the country, of who could be corrupted as well.

It's a lot easier to stop corruption locally than nationally, but those on the other side of the nation don't have a clue whats going on.

Then "country rights," "city rights" or "neighborhood rights" would trump "states rights."

That is a bit far fetched, considering the States are made up of county, cities and neighborhoods.

Which is better, being rules in a local area or from someone a 1000 miles away who has never even been in your State or county.

I live in Florida. Key West is 1000 miles away (OK, 638 miles) from Tallahassee. So I would say that "county rights" are far better than "state's rights." I have no idea why anyone who thinks that local governance is the best model would think state's rights is better than county rights.