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To: robertpaulsen

So you are saying that the federal government NEVER stepped in to enforce any federal laws being broken by the states?
No federal civil rights laws were ever enforced by the federal government?


845 posted on 03/10/2007 12:54:19 PM PST by smoketree (the insanity, the lunacy these days.)
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To: smoketree
"So you are saying that the federal government NEVER stepped in to enforce any federal laws being broken by the states?"

No, a federal law is the law of the land. Everyone must obey it. No question. A state cannot negate it with their own law.

I'm referring to the BOR. The rights covered by the first 8 amendments were only protected from federal infringement. For example, the federal government could not shut down a newspaper. A state could. The federal government could not establish a religion. States could ... and did! Funded with tax dollars! Massachusetts did not disestablish its official church until 1833.

853 posted on 03/10/2007 1:20:21 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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