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States can choose to do things that the federal government explicitly does not allow Not true at all. Take slavery, for one obvious example.
by masonic 8y ago
States can choose to do things that the federal government explicitly does not allow
Not true at all. Take slavery, for one obvious example.
- salawat 8y agoParent post is correct. GP is incorrect. Constitutional Federal law trumps State law. See the Supremacy Clause. It's why actions at the Federal level normatively should be thought through and constructed extremely well. It obliges everyone to play by those rules once passed. In reality however, realpolitik tends to limit Federal reach.
- fjp 8y agoYeah, I meant Constitutional law trumps state law but states can also decide to keep doing it, betting that the federal government won't bother to enforce.