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I think you’re disingenuously interpreting what I have said. The federal government is the ultimate authority in the US. That is established in the Supremacy Cl
by scott_s 7y ago
I think you’re disingenuously interpreting what I have said. The federal government is the ultimate authority in the US. That is established in the Supremacy Clause: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_Clause. This fact directly contradicts the premise the original commentator made - specifically, that the states are “sovereign”, as the Supremacy Clause clearly contradicts.
- sojournerc 7y agoFair enough, I agree states aren't sovereign. The wiki link you posted states this: > However, federal statutes and treaties are supreme only if they do not contravene the Constitution. That's the exact point I was trying to make