I'm not sure what the significance of the fact that they would be federal prosecutions is. You say misdemeanors would turn into federal charges, but that's not

I'm not sure what the significance of the fact that they would be federal prosecutions is. You say misdemeanors would turn into federal charges, but that's not how it works - they'd still be misdemeanors, just charged by the federal government instead of the government of an individual state.