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Federalism means that the federal government doesn't have much power at the state or lower levels unless there are constitutional issues involved (you could arg
by guelo 11y ago
Federalism means that the federal government doesn't have much power at the state or lower levels unless there are constitutional issues involved (you could argue 14th amendment but it's a stretch). If Obama tried to get the teacher fired it would be a massive abuse of power.
- MCRed 11y agoUnited States Code 18-242 makes it a federal crime (a felony if armed) to violate a citizens constitutional rights under color of law. There are several rights that I think were violated here, or appear to have been enough to make it indictable and possibly merit prosecution.
- krauthammer 11y agoYou are forced by law to respect a jewish enclave and you should respect Irving and Texas.