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The remaining point of having states would be that local state law can still vary. This is true even if we got rid of the senate, the EC, and every federal bod
by notSupplied 6y ago
The remaining point of having states would be that local state law can still vary.
This is true even if we got rid of the senate, the EC, and every federal body had purely population-proportional representation (which I am in favor of).
- bylfdsa 6y agoNot fully. It's already pointed out that federal law overrules state law, but it's important to remember that congress is only supposed to be able to make federal law on a small set of enumerated issues. IMO the issue is when you have an expansion of what congress is able to make laws on which limits what states can do.
- beaner 6y agoFederal law overrules local law, so they are intertwined. A vote at the federal level is in many ways a vote on local laws, too.
- bigwavedave 6y agoWhile technically true, this isn't always the case in practice. After all, marijuana is still illegal in the eyes of the Federal Government but this has done very little to deter state-sanctioned dispensaries in more than a handful of states.
- beaner 6y agoThat means it sometimes is the case in practice.
- bigwavedave 6y agoI wasn't disputing that. I was pointing out that there are notable exceptions.
- beaner 6y agoOkay. I guess I'm saying that's irrelevant. For local & federal law to be intertwined doesn't require there to be a lack of exceptions.