John Ratcliffe actually said...

Democratic accountability is supposed to provide an important check and balance, if you will, on overregulation.

But let us make something clear: States do not have rights. States exercise power. People have rights.

Even though State systems and the Federal systems are distinct, I have always maintained that the States are laboratories of democracy.

One of those instances that comes to mind was Operation Choke Point where we saw that administration target banks that did business with cer...