When ignorant morons like the sheriff incorrectly quote the supremacy clause from their 8th grade civics book, they always leave off the most important part: "in persuance of..." - which totally changes the meaning. Madison was the primary author of what Patrick Henry correctly referred to as one of the "sweeping clauses" and he later nullified the Alien and Sedition Acts along with Jefferson. So if Madison thought states and counties had to obey federal law - which he clearly did not - he clearly changed his mind just a few years later for the Alien & Sedition Acts and in the Mcullough vs Maryland case when federal courts ruled on state laws, which Madison himself promised would never happen during the ratification debate.
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When ignorant morons like the sheriff incorrectly quote the supremacy clause from their 8th grade civics book, they always leave off the most important part: "in persuance of..." - which totally changes the meaning. Madison was the primary author of what Patrick Henry correctly referred to as one of the "sweeping clauses" and he later nullified the Alien and Sedition Acts along with Jefferson. So if Madison thought states and counties had to obey federal law - which he clearly did not - he clearly changed his mind just a few years later for the Alien & Sedition Acts and in the Mcullough vs Maryland case when federal courts ruled on state laws, which Madison himself promised would never happen during the ratification debate.
...and, as in any thing purporting to be a contract, the latest clauses (2nd amendment) limit the preceeding clauses.
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