Its Time For The States To Declare Independence From The Federal Government According to recent reports from Breitbart, a new Rasmussen Poll shows that a growing number of Americans are hoping that state governments stand up to the Supreme Court. Many believe that the federal government has started violating our freedoms by extending laws beyond on the Constitution. Only 20% now consider the federal government a protector of individual liberty, the Rasmussen poll notes. Sixty percent see the government as a threat to individual liberty instead. Some believe that these numbers reflect a growing division among Americans, with some people valuing statism and others valuing a constitutionally limited government, where individual rights are valued above central power. The majority of the members of the Supreme Court fall into the former category, and those on the bench have limited diversity. Every member of the court has an ivy-league education, while not a single one is of the Protestant faith. This is, perhaps, why the gay marriage dispute turned out the way it did. The Declaration of Independence, the foundational document that Americans honor on the Fourth of July, says that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed, but just 25% believe that to be true of the federal government today, Rasmussen points out. Furthermore, 50% of GOP voters think that state should have the right to ignore federal court rulings. What do you think? Should states have the power to override the federal government? 