What Mitt Romney and the Republican party would like, according to their own rhetoric is for the individual states to have ultimate power over their individual legislation - which if you actually stop and think about it without the ridiculous arguments from conservatives, is the dumbest thing ever! Let's say an individual state wishes to not allow available, affordable legal representation to the rural poor. They can certainly legislate that and not allow legal aid public funding for such an organization but is that constitutional? Conservatives justify this kind of exploitation by legislation assuming that the playing field is level. This is the kind of argument you get from those who thought slavery did not exploit, or that farm workers in California during the 50's and 60's were not exploited either through legislation or the lack of! Governor Reagan vetoed funding for rural legal aid allowing trumped up charges to be levied against the CRLA. A legal aid organization for rural workers.