Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Time To Take Their Toys Away

In June 2013, as nearly all of Idaho’s 44 sheriffs publicly pledged not to enforce any new federal anti-gun measures, Raney used an op-ed column in the Idaho Statesman to lecture the public that the Constitution’s “supremacy clause” means that “every state shall abide by the laws passed by our Congress.” Raney accused his colleagues in Idaho and neighboring states of being “indulgent” toward their misinformed constituents and “making hollow promises to protect you from the intrusions of the federal government.”

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

...and, as in any thing purporting to be a contract, the latest clauses (2nd amendment) limit the preceeding clauses.