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To: SkyPilot
Why is it impossible to enforce that law?

Because it is a federal law and up to the federal government to enforce it. States cannot be required to enforce federal law for the federal government. The Supreme Court decided that back in the 1850's.

6 posted on 04/15/2019 3:24:09 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

You’re exactly right. This is also why local sheriffs had the legal authority to refuse to arrest people who violated the Federal assault weapons ban in the 1990s.


7 posted on 04/15/2019 3:30:25 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: DoodleDawg
States cannot be required to enforce federal law for the federal government. The Supreme Court decided that back in the 1850's.

And apparently, States can't voluntarily help enforce Federal law if the administration in power dislikes those laws. Remember that Obama's DOJ successfully sued Arizona for trying to enforce Federal immigration law on its border.

18 posted on 04/15/2019 6:00:09 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: DoodleDawg

My apologies, because I did not clarify my response very well. That link shows the Federal law that to aid and abet Illegals is a crime . That includes harboring and assisting them. Therefore, these mayors and governors have broken Federal law, yet nothing is done.


22 posted on 04/15/2019 6:29:30 AM PDT by SkyPilot (("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6))
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