Showing posts with label Side Note: Federal nullification efforts mounting in states on various federal laws--but Law is not on the States' Sides. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Side Note: Federal nullification efforts mounting in states on various federal laws--but Law is not on the States' Sides. Show all posts

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Side Note: Federal nullification efforts mounting in states on various federal laws--but Law is not on the States' Sides


Imagine the scenario: A federal agent attempts to arrest someone for illegally selling a machine gun. Instead, the federal agent is arrested — charged in a state court with the crime of enforcing federal gun laws. Farfetched? Not as much as you might think.
The scenario would become conceivable if legislation passed by Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature is signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/21/federal-nullification-efforts-mounting-in-states/#ixzz2XRLWJwZy