“If large cities and states can refuse to enforce Federal Immigration laws - totally refuse to turn over suspected illegal aliens, then a state can refuse to abide by or enforce any Federal law.”
However, this is going a step beyond. Using your example above...what if a state was to arrest and try agents of the federal government that attempted to enforce the federal law? That, I think, is the point here. Not just that states won’t play along, but they will expel or prosecute anyone who attempts to do so on their territory.
I’m for a strong union. However, there have been occasions when I believe the federal government has assumed authority it didn’t rightfully have...usually it is some judge. I have always wanted to see some liberal judge making and absurd ruling against a state to be arrested by the state and excorted to the state line and told, “Don’t come back.” Realistically, I, of course, don’t actaully want this to happen because it could cut both ways and would cause anarchy. But, there is part of me that would like to see it happen.
Sooner or later resistance to the obama regime with result in a big blow up - politically - all kinds of hand wringing nationwide... lots of noise across the land... A test case will result whether it is in a court of law or in the streets.
As for me - I have been campaigning for years for a Velvet Revolution... we arouse 3-4 million people to protest peacefully in another GIANT gathering on a Sunday in D.C. - then we just do not leave... stay there for a week - sit in the streets and basically shut D.C. down - until they capitulate... No police force - no army can move 4 million people who do not want to be moved...