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TeddyR

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14. And I agree with you there too
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 02:12 PM
Aug 2016

In fact, I think we are largely in agreement. I should clarify that I don't support the idea that states can "nullify" federal laws in the sense that they are no longer the law, I just think it is clear that state agents don't have to enforce federal laws. And the idea that a sheriff can ban federal law enforcement from a county or from enforcing federal law is a right-wing (probably far right-wing) pipe dream that is at odds with the Constitution.

On edit, so that it is clear, I was only making the point from the beginning that a state agent doesn't have to enforce certain federal laws (I confess to being unclear if they can decide not to enforce any federal law). I wasn't agreeing with any of the other nonsense that was being proposed.

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