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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
by ksherlock 4y ago
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- JumpCrisscross 4y agoThe comment you’re responding to is referring to the supremacy clause.
- AlbertCory 4y agoOP said, "Federal laws do trump state laws in most cases." That is quite properly nuanced, and "in most cases" means "those cases where the Federal law is constitutional." SCOTUS rules on that issue all the time.
- nonethewiser 4y agoInterstate commerce clause is the federal government's loophole for this inconvenient fact.
- prottog 4y agoThe same interstate commerce clause that the federal government interpreted as giving them regulatory authority over intrastate non-commerce, in Wickard v. Filburn.