INTERNATIONAL DELIGHT. BAD FISH. TOTAL RECORD SWAP. BOB MARSHALL. SID SQUIRREL & THE SQUIRRELETTES. SPECTACULAR ACROBATICS. BOLD WOMEN IN MONTANA--BETH JUDY. BIG SKY WELLNESS. ALTERNATIVE WELLNESS. TEARS ON MY PILLOW TURNED TO JOY. THE CIVIL WAR, BACK IN ABOUT, 1860 OR SO, WAS NOT ONLY, ABOUT SLAVERY AND SUFFERAGE FOR BLACKS, BUT IT WAS OVER THE BATTLE BETWEEN STATES RIGHTS AND A STONG CENTRALIZED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AS I THOUGHT OF, THE CONDITION OF THE PRESIDENCY, A LOOPY TWEET CLOWN, CONGRESS--GAMES, TRICKS, POLITICS--WHERE ARE THE TIP O'NELLS AND THE TED KENNEDY'S, THE GIANTS AND THE LIONS? BENGHAZI, EMAILS, NOW RUSSIAGATE, FUN AND GAMES WITH ALL THE ATTORNEYS, WHAT 4 SEPARATE INVESTIGATION? FUCK HEALTH CARE, TAXES, IMMIGRATION POLICY, INFRASTRUCTURE, ETC. TRUMP HAS MANAGED TO TIE CONGRESS UP FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS, NOT DOING THE ACTUAL WORK OF THE COUNTRY, BUT, HAVING INVESTIGATIONS AND HEARINGS, GRANDSTANDING AND BULL SHITTING, SPINNING WHEELS. THE SUPREME COURT WAS COMPROMISED WITH, IN MY OPINION, JUSTICE SCALIA'S MURDER, NOW WITH, GORSUCK, WHO SUCKED $118 MILLION IN MY ATTORNEY'S FEES AND WAYLAID IT TO THE "ALTERNATIVE ATTORNEY JOANN" AND MITT ROMNEY'S REPUBLICAN BID FOR THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS! SO IN MY SADNESS, A RAY OF LIGHT, STARTED TO SHINE THROUGH, AS I THOUGHT OF ANOTHER WASHINGTON, THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, THE WOMEN'S MARCH, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE TRAVEL BAN, AND THE THOUGHT CAME TO MIND, AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMEN SHIRKS ITS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, THERE ARE EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, GOVERNORS, ATTORNEYS GENERAL, STATE LEGISLATURES, WHO ARE EVEN MORE CLOSETO THE ISSUES, THE PROBLEMS AND ULTIMATELY THE SOLUTIONS, TO OUR DAILY NEEDS, WISHES AND DESIRES, AND I FELL PEACEFULLY ASLEEP, KNOWING YOU ARE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ALL STATES! THEIR MANTLE OF AUTHORTY IS OVER THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OFF THEIR CITIZENS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE DOING A DAMNED GOOD JOB AT THAT! AT FIRST, I WAS PISSED, WHEN, MONTANA GOVERNOR BULLOK, WAS GOING TO CUT THE FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICES! OF COURSE! BUT, AS I READ ON IN THE ARTICLE, THEY ARE REFERRING MANY CASES AND DEFENDANTS TO SOCIAL WORKERS AND PROGRAMS, A MUCH, SOFTER APPROACH, TO, VERY OFTEN, JUST, STUPID SHIT, CRIMES, THAT, ARE, LIKE EVEN OUT OF CHARACTER AND THE PERSON THEMSELVES, DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID THEM. BUT THE PROGRAM, THAT WAS, STARTED SOMEWHERE, I AM A SKIM READER, BUT THE RECITIVISM, RATE OF REOFFENDING, IS REALLY LOW, BECAUSE THE PERSON, RATHER THAN FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES OFTEN, AND BECOMING EVEN MORE EXPOSED TO CRIME AND A CRIMINAL NETWORK IN PRISON, IS ACTUALLY, GOING RIGHT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM! DESPERATE PEOPLE DO DESPERATE THINGS! AT THE POVERELLO CENTER, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE PRE-RELEASE, OR ON ADULT PROBATION AND PAROLE, OR EVEN RIGHT OUT OF PRISON, AND MOST ARE PRETTY DESCENT HUMAN BEINGS. OFTEN, WHAT I THINK HAPPENS, IS MONTANA IS ROUGH COUNTRY, TUFF, AND SO THESE GUYS THAT EITHER ARE OR ARE NOT GUILTY, WILL JUST TAKE A PLEA, NOT EVEN KNOWING FULLY WHAT IS GOING ON! OR THEY WILL REPRESENT THEMSEVLES, REALISING THAT THEY, CAN'T GET THAT SHIT OFF THEIR RECORDS, WITH NO EXPUNGEMENT OR RECORDS, CLEARING STATUTES IN MONTANA . . . GOVERNOR? BUT, A GREAT THING HE AND THE LEGISLATURE ARE DOING! WE FUCKING DON'T NEED, 34% OF OUR ADULT POPULATION IN PRISON OR JAILS! THAT IS PATHETIC AND SO OUTLANDISH, COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES! EVERY DAY, I READ ABOUT, STATES DOING THIS OR THAT, GREAT STUFF, THAT HOPEFULLY SPREADS TO OTHER STATES, SHARING IS CARING. WHEN I WORKED WITH AMERICANS UNITED FOR LIFE IN CHICAGO, ONE SUMMER, BETWEEN MY SECOND AND THIRD YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL, I HAD TO DO RESEARCH IN ALL 50 STATES, AND BUT FOR LOUISIANNA, BASED ON THE FRENCH LEGAL SYSTEM, UNTIL RECENTLY, MOST STATE LAWS AND STATUTES WERE PRETTY SIMILAR, FOR THE MOST PART. I KNOW THAT AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, AUL HELD A SEMINAR FOR STATE LEGISLATURES, ON LIFE ISSUES, BEING THE LARGEST PUBLIC INTEREST LAW AND EDUCATION FIRM IN THE NATION, AT THE TIME, 1992, BIG PLAYERS IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S REVISITATION OF ROE V. WADE, IN CASEY V. PLANNED PARENTHOOD, BUT, DR. DEATH, JACK KAVORKIAN, WAS ON THE HORIZON, AND NOW, MANY STATES, INCLUDING, MONTANA, HAVE "DYING WITH DIGNITY" OR "PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE" ISSUES TO STRUGGLE WITH, AND 4 YEARS AGO, THAT WAS THE HOT TOPIC, WHERE THE MOST MONEY AND OUTSIDE LOBBYISTS, CAME TO FIGHT EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THAT ISSUE! SO, TOUGH STUFF, HARD DECISIONS, BUT, WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT POLITICS, IS THAT, YOU HAVE SMART PEOPLE ON ONE SIDE GOING AGAINST, EQUALLY SMART PEOPLE ON THE OTHER. SO, AS I RODE THE BUS, AROUND THE VALLEY, WATCHING THE CITY OF MISSOULA, WAKE UP, I WAS SO CALM AND RELAXED, ALMOST, LIKE JELLY, AS THOUGHTS, THAT, RATHER THAN, WATCHING, THE WASHINGTON ON THE EAST COAST, PERHAPS, I SHOULD, POINT, TO THE WASHINGTON, ON THE WEST COAST, WHO HAVE IT GOING ON! GAMES, TRICKS, ATLERNATIVE FACTS, WIRETAPPINGS, RIGGED ELECTIONS, AND SHIT ARE FAR, THOUGHTS FOR THESE GOOD FOLKS AS THEY ARE IN MANY STATES, LIKE CALIFORNIA, WHO, HIRED, FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER, JERRY BROWN, THE CONSUMATE TOUGH, GOVERNOR AND SEASONED POLITICIAN, KNOWS, THOSE CLOWNS BACK IN WASHINGTON, D.C., DON'T HAVE A THING ON HIM, HIS STATE IS THE 5TH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD! THEY WILL DO WHAT AND WHEN THEY WANT, WITH SANCTUARY CITIES, INCLUSION, AND BASICALLY, JUST TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS, THE STATE'S BUSINESS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT D.C., IS DOING! I READ, A QUOTE THAT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IN SPITE OF WHO, IS PRESIDENT, GOOD PEOPLE EVERYWHERE, ARE JUST GOING ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIVES, WORKING, CREATING JOBS, RAISING FAMILIES, DOING GOOD, AND HELPING THEIR NEIGHBORS IN NEED. WITH ALL THE DRAMA, AND WHAT NOT, JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BASICALLY, BEING GREAT HUMAN BEINGS! I THOUGHT OF CALLING FOR A BLACK OUT, OF THE PRESS, STOP FEEDING THE MONSTERS, WITH THE UGLY HOLLYWOOD, UP STAGING, THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, WHO ARE, DIGGING IN AND GOING TO THE ROOTS OF MANY OF THESE ISSUES, THAT HAVE COME UP, AS OF LATE, BEFORE THE OSCARS, MANY ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, PERFORMERS, AND BANDS, WERE RAISING MONEY AND AWARENESS, OF VARIOUS POLITICAL PROBLEMS. AS ONE, HOUSEWIFE SAID, THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU TURNED ME INTO A POLITICAL ACTIVIST! DOING GOOD, IS GOOD BUSINESS! I OFTEN THINK OF WHAT, JESUS SAID, HE WHOM IS GREATEST AMONG YOU, IS YOUR SERVANT! THAT IS NOT THE WAY, THE WORLD THINKS, BUT IT IS THE PATHWAY TO TRUE HAPPINESS! THERE IS SO MUCH, GOOD, SO MANY AMAZING, LEADERS, IN OUR STATES, CONCERNED, FIGHTING FOR, AND DOING BRILLIANT THINGS, THAT, IN OUR FEDERALIST SYSTEM, IF THE WHOLE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES TO AS STAND STILL, WE MIGHT BE BLESSED, IN THAT, STOP!

YOUR STATE'S CONSTITUTIONS, FOR THE  MOST PART, ARE AS AMAZING, FOR RUNNING, STATE GOVERNMENT, AS THE U.S. CONSTITUTION IS IN RUNNING, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!

I HAVE FOUND, ANYTHING FROM, HOW TO GET THE STREETS OF BEAVER DAM, ARIZONA, PAVED, THROUGH, STATE REVENUES, DRIVER'S LICENSE FUNDS, TO GAS TAXES, IF I RECALL!

STATE CONSTITUTIONS ARE YOUR BIBLE FOR STATE GOVERNMENT, GET TO KNOW THEM!

STATE GOVERNMENT'S CAN'T GO BELOW THE THRESHOLD OF RIGHTS, CONTAINED IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS, BUT, THEY CAN GO FAR BEYOND THEM, PROVIDING, WHAT I USED TO REFER TO THE UTAH CONSTITUTION, BEFORE, IT WAS GUTTED, IN 1983, IN FAVOR OF PROTECTING, CORPORATE AMERICA OVER THE WORKER, BUT, IN OTHER AREAS, THEY PROVIDE A "CADILLAC VERSION" OF RIGHTS!

FOR ANYONE WORKING IN STATE GOVERNMENT, THAT STATE INSPIRED, DOCUMENT, IS YOUR BIBLE!  THE ONES I AM FAMILIAR WITH, DICTATE, THE RELATIONSHIP, BETWEEN, CITIES AND COUNTIES, AND COUNTIES AND THE STATE.  ORDERS OF SUCCESSION OF POWERS, BALANCE OF POWERS, AND OTHER, THINGS, THAT HELP, TO RUN A WELL ORDERED SOCIETY, BASED ON THE RULE OF LAW, ARE IN THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS.

DON'T THINK, THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THE RIGHTS CONTAINED IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, ARE THE SAME AS IN YOUR STATE'S CONSTITUTIONS, THAT THE WHOLE DOCUMENT IS THE SAME!  BECAUSE, THEY ARE NOT, TOTALLY, DIFFERENT ANIMALS WITH DIFFERENT ROLES AND DUTIES!

THERE WAS A RULING ONCE OUT OF THE COURTS, THAT THE UTAH CONSTITUTION, WAS BASICALLY, THE SAME AS THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION?  FUCK NO, THERE MAY BE THE SAME, BASIC PRINCIPLES, LIKE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, CHECKS AND BALANCES, OR BALANCE OF POWERS, LIMITATIONS ON POWERS, THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, ETC., BUT THEY ARE NOT THE SAME!

THE FIRST PLACE I LOOK, FOR GUIDANCE, ON STATES ISSUES, IS STRAIGHT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION . . . LIKE THE WATER COMPACT IN MONTANA . . . WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION SAY?  AS LONG AS STATE CONSTITUTIONS, DON'T CONFLICT WITH, THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, THEY ARE THE "HIGHEST LAW OF THE STATE!"  JUST LIKE THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, IS THE "SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND!"

ALL LAWS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL . . . STATE LEGISLATIVE LAWS, ARE NOT ON THE SAME, LEGAL AUTHORITATIVE LEVEL AS, SAY, A SECTION OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION!

THERE IS A CONCEPT, IN LAW, CALLED, STARI DECISIS, OR RES JUDICATA, IF I CAN REMEMBER FROM LAW SCHOOL, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, IT SEEMS, THAT MEANS THE ISSUE HAS BEEN DECIDED!  OR IS HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED ALREADY; THEREFORE, TO RE-VISIT THE ISSUE, IS A WASTE OF TIME!

I WOULD PERSONALLY, PUT ABORTION IN THAT, CATEGORY . . . THE LAW IS THE LAW, IS THE LAW, IF THERE IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN, OVER, THE HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE OF WOMEN, NOT JUST A "RUSE" TO STOP ABORTIONS OR FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, JUST, SAVE YOUR STATES THE TAX DOLLARS, AND ALLOW, WOMEN TO BE GROWN UPS, AND IN THEIR BEST JUDGMENT, MAKE THEIR PERSONAL AND PRIVATE DECISION, ON FAMILY ISSUES!

LEGISLATURES, DON'T NEED TO CONTINUALLY, BRING BILLS, TO FEEL, THAT IS THEIR REPUBLICAN THING TO DO, OR USE IT FOR "RED MEAT" TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS.  THINK, LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL AND TAX PAYER ECONOMY!

STATE AND FEDERAL JUDGES AND JUSTICES, ARE BOUND BY OATH, TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, AND IF THERE ARE ALREADY LAWS ON THE BOOKS, LEAVE IT, TRUST, WOMEN, TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS!  JUDGES ARE PRETTY DAMNED SAVVY, AND THEY CAN SEE THROUGH, MALE POWER AND CONTROL OVER FEMALE REPRODUCTION, AND IT STINKS!

GOOD LUCK, IN MANY WAYS, STATES, HAVE THE LARGER, ISSUES, THAT MATTER MOST TO THEIR STATES, SO, BE WISE, BE KIND, NOT TOO PUNITIVE, AND DON'T PASS SO MANY LAWS, THAT NONE OF US, KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, UNLESS WE ARE VERY VIGILANT CITIZENS, MOST PEOPLE ARE JUST WORKING TO PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLES AND TAKING CARE OF KIDS!

GOOD LUCK, YOU HAVE A MONUMENTAL JOB, AND HAVE TO DO A YO MEN'S TASK!

THIS IS THE TIME FOR STATES TO SHINE!

LET'S DO THIS SOVEREIGN STATES!