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Re: well, actually State constitutions say otherwise also.
Power in America is distributed among may different individuals: federal, state, local and the people (voting, Second Amendment). The executive branch does not have that much power. Whenever a judge makes a ruling that President Bush dislikes, he cries, "liberal activist judge." The point is that judges make rulings that he does not like. President Bush is a conservative making a power-grab (with lots of success). We, the people, need to stop him. I know which box I marked on the ballot in 2004. If he had lost, I think he would have stepped down from power.
A drill instructor once said, "You're in the Army now: you're no longer covered by the Constitution." | |
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WHO, pray tell is going to enforce the constitution? You? No, it's enforced by the federal courts, isn't it? That means they have to be caught first, or, have a case brought before the federal courts.
State constitutions are subject to being overruled by fedral courts if they are deemed by said courts to violate the federal constitution. Guess what? That means they mean diddly to the federal executive and we are back to my original statement, aren't we?
When was the last time you heard of ANY federal agent of ANY kind being arrested by local or state law enforcement and then prosecuted in state courts? It doesn't happen because federal law enforcement allway overrides the local/state jurisdictions and takes them into federal custody and prosecutes them in federal courts. Once they disappear into the maw of the feds, you likely never hear of them again, except by chance.
This is why the Federal Supreme Court overruled the Florida Supreme Court in 200 because their actions were unlawfull in the state of florida and the florida supreme court exceeded their authority.
The bottm line fact is that in america ALL the laws, local and state are subordinant to federal laws and rulings. While normally, the federal government will not interfere in state matters, the fact is that it CAN whenever it wants to. What? You thought the really rich and powerfull that actually run things would give the states any ability to bring them down? | | |
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