The point that people are missing is that a law enacted by Congress does not have to pass scrutiny or be rubber stamped by the individual states as far as its Constitutionality in order for the federal statute to take effect. One of the justices basically made it clear that states cannot just make up laws to try to counter federal laws they do not like and then try to sue in federal court to basically validate their state law. Thus Virginia does not have standing to sue. The appeals panel made it clear that Virginia suffers no damage from the federal law so they have no standing. The appeals panel did not uphold the Virginia law but basically implied that the state itself has no standing to get involved with this issue.
The bottom line from a legal perspective is that the Virginia law is only symbolic in nature and is trumped by federal law. I don’t understand this notion that the appeals court left the state law still standing because they did not.
Sir, with all due respect Virginia cannot prosecute federal agents faithfully discharging their federal duties. In fact it is a federal crime to impede, interfere with or intimidate federal officials performing their official duties. (US title Code 11815) The federal government is a separate sovereign and it is and would be a criminal act if an agent of the state interfered with their lawful duties. In the real world it would be Virginia officials going to prison and not the feds.
Typical Federal arrogance.
I don’t give a rats about what “laws” congress thinks it has passed. Nor do I really care about the opinion their hand picked employees regarding the limits of their own power.
None of that for obvious reasons is of any legitimate consequence. Ultimately of course this all comes down to thugs with guns. That means our contest is not a matter of words(they listen to no one), but instead one of war, guile, cunning, and ultimately superior force.
Our political maneuvering against this tyrant should as such be to weaken and cripple it so that we may more easily overthrow its evil.
This can be done on the ground as a piratical measure to enforce the HONEST limits of the Federal Constitution, or it can be done via the more long term rout of helping to bring about the compete collapse of the imperial Federal Government. The question of path is indeed a question of feasibility and political reality.
One way or the other victory and the reclamation of our natural rights is achievable. We will not be made subject to this tyranny forever.
So let the Federal employees in black-robes be put on notice, even thou they are not subject to election, their power still exist at our discretion.