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Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
2018…this is like a cheap tabloid newspaper

The federal government sues all the time. They win.

But wait…this just in…

Florida is gonna “circumvent” them.
Why didn’t I think of that? I thought it was colonel mustard in the foyer with the candlestick 🧐
 

Figgy1

Well-Known Member
Let's focus on what's really important
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Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
Wrong. There has never been a federal law that prohibited gay marriage.
Fun fact: marriage doesn’t appear anywhere in our government framework documents…
…this may be hard to grasp for some

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…now it’s been ruled to be under the equal protection amendment…
…but that’s not what ya probably think it is, megamind
 

mikejs78

Premium Member
I gave examples of a state ignoring federal laws. The final adjudication is irrelevant for my example.

That's not how this works. State laws deal with state matters. Federal laws with federal matters. States can write laws that tiptoe around the edges of federal laws. Sometimes they even write laws that are in complete opposition to federal law, but then they can't enforce them. Yes there are numerous cases of states passing laws contrary to federal law to make a statement but that have no practical effect.

In the CA case, their laws didn't actually contradict federal law, because federal law puts no requirements on states to enforce federal immigration law. It's up to the feds to do that.
 

mkt

When a paradise is lost go straight to Disney™
Premium Member
They are historical examples of states circumventing federal laws.
Here's the thing, the only somewhat valid example you posted was marijuana. But that's not mentioned in the constitution. At all.

You know what is though? Free speech.

Passing retaliatory laws targeting a single entity or person because they chose to speak up, that's actually unconstitutional.

That's the big difference between what Florida has done and what California previously did.
 

Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
Here's the thing, the only somewhat valid example you posted was marijuana. But that's not mentioned in the constitution. At all.

You know what is though? Free speech.

But passing retaliatory laws targeting a single entity or person because they chose to speak up, that's actually unconstitutional.

That's the big difference between what Florida has done and what California previously did.
And the federal government has acknowledged repeatedly that they absolutely could enforce marijuana laws if they wanted to…but they will not.
It would take about 10 minutes to strike down the state laws and enforce if they wanted too.

…I wish there was a practical example here of a state law in the crosshairs to be voided? 🤔
 
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MagicHappens1971

Well-Known Member
…I wish there was a practical example here of a state law in the crosshairs to be voided? 🤔
I don't think we'll find another example of a tyrannical power-hungry governor attacking a corporation or citizen for exercising their free speech against a law they passed.

We may have to go back to the 1940s to find a more similar example......
 

mkt

When a paradise is lost go straight to Disney™
Premium Member
they stop the federal government from enforcing federal law in that state.
No. The federal government can choose to not enforce them, like they largely have in states that have medicalized or legalized marijuana.

Or they can send in the US Marshals, like when schools were integrated back in the 1960s.

Or they can strike the local laws down, like they did when Puerto Rico attempted to create its own local bankruptcy law.

But no matter what, the supremacy clause of the United States Constitution puts federal law above all state and local laws.
 

MandaM

Well-Known Member
My prior post had examples of the DOJ (federal Department of Justice) suing California for implementing state laws that circumvented federal laws. I don’t know how much more simpler I can make it.
No, you didn’t give an example of a state ignoring a federal court ruling. You can make it simpler by actually answering the question asked.

The government can sue whenever they want, but the courts are the ones who decided if a state broke a federal law. The government suing doesn’t prove anything.
 

MagicHappens1971

Well-Known Member
That us exactly what I’m saying. Finally, we reach. This exactly what has happened many times in the past.
Where and when has Florida ignored the ruling of a federal judge?
Whatever comes down from the fed’s will just be circumvented by Florida lawmakers. As long as they have a 100% super majority and a Governor who has a will, there will be the way.
No, there isn't. Because that is not how the United States of America works.
 

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