Right we were just hoping for the two braincells to fire and them realizing that it was never about states rights
state laws, including their constitutions, mean zip when federal law or the nation’s constitution conflicts and takes precedence.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 months ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Cognitive dissonance doesn’t work on those people
Phen@lemmy.eco.br 2 months ago
It’s about states rights to control other states.
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In this case there’s a Supreme Court decision that this issue should be left up to the states. Sure key they won’t reverse themselves so soon, right?
inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Guess we’re seceding.
massacre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not really true. States can’t infringe on rights granted by the constitution but they can add rights. See: infingement of 2A rights by states and legalized cannabis at the state level, respectively. Look at federal drinking age laws. States had lower ages until the feds pressured States by witholding interstate road funding…
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I thought that if something is federally illegal you can still be arrested for it by the federal government. Like a DEA agent could arrest people in CO for having weed-- it just means that state law enforcement won’t arrest you.
So theoretically they could outlaw abortion and create a federal bureau of agents to enforce it.