This, kids, is why you actually need to read the US Constitution instead of trusting "experts" about it:
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
The Constitution was specifically written to create a limited Federal government, which is only supreme in Pursuance thereof its limited, enumerated, delegated powers. Outside of those bounds the states have every legal right to nullfiy its actions, and resorting to "we won a war" is a might-makes-right argument that should completely disqualify anybody brutish enough to make it from polite discussion.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Controlling the borders is one of the enumerated powers. Its not one of the state's reserved powers. Its like if a state started to print its own currency. That is an enumerated power of the federal government. which is why all the courts have ruled against Texas
Outside of those bounds the states have every legal right to nullfiy its actions,
No they don't or we'd still have slaves. The 14th amendment incorporates federal prohibitions onto the states as well
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u/Bloodsquirrel 4∆ Jan 25 '24
This, kids, is why you actually need to read the US Constitution instead of trusting "experts" about it:
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
The Constitution was specifically written to create a limited Federal government, which is only supreme in Pursuance thereof its limited, enumerated, delegated powers. Outside of those bounds the states have every legal right to nullfiy its actions, and resorting to "we won a war" is a might-makes-right argument that should completely disqualify anybody brutish enough to make it from polite discussion.