Which statement best explains why George Wallace claims in his inaugural address that Alabama has the right to continue policies of racial segregation?

Wallace argues that Alabama and other states have the authority to govern themselves and preserve segregation, invoking ideas about states’ rights and the limits of federal power. This matches the claim that separate states can form their own laws. The absence of a king or a prediction about communism does not explain his argument, and the choice about Southerners not being ashamed does not describe the states’ rights reasoning.

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