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Caleb O. Brown: Let’s say the feds have a law banning the use of sugar in iced tea. An example of a state law that conflicts with this federal law would be one that requires the use of sugar in iced tea, not a state law that simply permits the use of sugar. A failure to adopt a law that prohibits the same thing the feds prohibit is simply not a conflict.

Date: 2012-10-20 03:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glocka.livejournal.com
There is no conflict in both cases... Red rag to mislead and destruct.

Hundred years of statutory construction interprets laws passed by Congress, which do not apply to states due to Constitutional constrains, as applying to D.C. and territories only.

What usually happens, all 50 states hurry up to pass THE SAME law to fool sheeple that they leave under federal jurisdiction.

This trick preserves the official claim that on paper we are still a Republic.
Edited Date: 2012-10-20 03:12 am (UTC)