Posted on 01/13/2025 12:30:13 PM PST by algore
BS. The states are sovereign except on those issue reserved to the Federal Government in which case the federal government is sovereign. Dual sovereignty is a travesty of justice.
The issue is the federalization of crime. There should be a very small range of federal crimes and they should only cover federal issues. Possession is a local crime. Transport across state lines is federal.
This is a good example of why we don’t need Cornee’s federal law for I terstste carry. It is just an excuse to start layering on federal laws for concealed carry.
I would like Congress to outlaw this, if possible. It is a travesty.
No, it isn't. Double jeopardy is being tried twice for the same crime by the same sovereign. Despite decades of efforts by the enemies of the people, the states are still considered sovereigns over what happens within their borders.
The bigger issues is whether the feds even should have an interest in the crime. But that isn't the argument being presented.
Some states do have laws preventing a state prosecution for the same acts that the feds have already prosecuted (or did, I haven't looked at them in some years.)
At least the writer was courageous enough to show his ignorance in public.
As a final note, the criminal in this case broke the first rule - only commit one crime at a time. In this case he committed a traffic violation while committing a felony. Always inspect your car before transporting dope, particularly if you have a record and should know the cops will be watching for you to screw up.
You should either have to file a crime complaint OR a civil complaint but not both.
This is the way they get around double jeopardy.
We're stuck with this because FDR effectively obliterated the Commerce Clause restriction on Fed police powers.
The Feds should not have the power to criminalize mere possession of anything: only crossing state lines or the border with it.
Bingo!
I expect Hunter Biden to use this to continue to plead the fifth and refuse to talk to Congress because Joetato only pardoned federal crimes, but he is still vulnerable to state prosecution.
It’s filthy and corrupt.
Sorry, wrong. The fifth amendment does not say anything about separate sovereign’s. Here is the way it’s written in black-and-white, no exceptions.
“nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; ”
The live the land in black-and-white says you cannot do it this way. Only corrupt judges find a penumbra or something, like a right to abortion.
True!
Any other arrangement is unconstitutional--otherwise the States are just slaves of the Federal government--instead of the creators and shapers of it.
“Double jeopardy is being tried twice for the same crime by the same sovereign.”
The US Constitution doesn’t say that.
Anything you say can and will be used against you.
A grant of immunity in one jurisdiction does not necessarily transfer to other jurisdictions, so far as I know.
I’ve come to believe that what is called “Lawfare” is practiced against common citizens too.
One might maintain it is acceptable to do this and other things like overcharging to induce a plea deal for a lesser charge, when applied to criminals, but what about the wrongly charged innocent? What about you when they decide to make something illegal that you have been doing legally to that point? What about you when you thought what you were doing was legal?
The solution to this travesty is to eliminate at least 95% of the federal criminal code. The vast majority of federal crimes are superfluous and unnecessary because they replicate charges that could easily be brought in state court.
“Police in Alabama pulled him over”
Lesson 1: Never, ever go to Alabama. Let it continue it’s way down the drain.
Avoid shiiiteholes at all costs.
There are only 3 Federal Crimes listed in the US Constitution, maybe the Court should read it sometime.
I’m not buying it. The Constitution says you can’t be tried twice for the same offense. It doesn’t say that you can’t be tried twice for the same offense against the same sovereign. An offense is one action; if there are two different statutes under which an action is a crime, the state has never been allowed separate trials for each statute violated.
Any way, this’d put an end to it: charge judges with suborning perjury when they accept a plea deal. The judges know that defendants are threatened with greater accusations if they don’t accept the deal. That’s coercion.
Officially, you can be prosecuted four times for the same acts.
1. Criminal charges by the State.
2. Civil lawsuit by the State or private actors.
3. Criminal charges by the Federal government.
4. Civil lawsuit by the Federal government or private actors in Federal Courts.
The police officers in the Rodney King incident were prosecuted in three of the four ways, as I recall.
Yes, these powers are used for political purposes.
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