[MNJohnnie]

The plan allowed Brown to call the shots on how state and federal resources should be used, including the Defense Department

That's a fraudulent statement. Perhaps that is why this guy got moved out. It his OPINON they could do this. Most legal authorities I have read do not agree with this very broad interpretation of the Law.

[veracious]

You speak well about the legitimate structure of the government. This is the United _States_, the states and people are sovereign, not the Federals. The states got what they asked for, that's the way it works, and ought to work.

There are too many folks that live in the US that don't have the slightest clue about the government that we inherited. Ben Franklin had something like this to say about them

We've given you a republic, if you can keep it.

Definitely looks like we're have a hard time keeping it!