[JRandomFreeper]

Your question is obviously a good one, but another question to go with it is:

What part of the US Constitution authorized the federal government to meddle in State police functions.

I really want the feds put back in that tiny little constitutional box.

/johnny

[Ben Ficklin]

"What part of the US Constitution"

Like many federal activities or authority, this flows from two SCOTUS interpretations of the interstate commerce clause and the general welfare clause.