I get your point, and I appreciate the way in which you present it, sans rant. Where I have trouble is the variations between state and federal laws. Some of the posts here seem to suggest that the Constitution and its amendments, as Law of the Land, shall supercede state laws, ergo leaving them moot at the outset.
Bottom line, the 'like it or not' has everything to do with living the letter of the law vs. breaking it. In TX, I believe the wording is something like, "ignorance of the law is no excuse." The word ignorance is here taken to mean "ignoring" the law as well as being unaware of its existence.
I don't pretend to be a constitutional or, for that matter, any other kind of attorney. What I hear is the inference that our elected officials have lead us down the wrong path on some things, is that about it?
Far more that that.. Probably a hundred million people in this country [or more] believe that arbitrary 'limits' and restraints can be imposed on items like booze & guns by any level of government.
This country is in serious constitutional trouble because of these erroneous beliefs.
I get your point, and I appreciate the way in which you present it, sans rant. Where I have trouble is the variations between state and federal laws. Some of the posts here seem to suggest that the Constitution and its amendments, as Law of the Land, shall supercede state laws, ergo leaving them moot at the outset.
Read Article VI, and you'll find that is precisely what it says, here:
"-- This Constitution, ----- shall be the supreme Law of the Land; ---- any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. --"
Bottom line, the 'like it or not' has everything to do with living the letter of the law vs. breaking it. In TX, I believe the wording is something like, "ignorance of the law is no excuse." The word ignorance is here taken to mean "ignoring" the law as well as being unaware of its existence.
We are all empowered to ignore "the letter" of unconstitutional laws, -- by the pledge we all take to support the constitution, -- as it is written.