states' rights

nouns

a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states
is a type of (narrower)
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
domain usage
the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
is a type of (narrower)
an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
"they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"