I don’t see any criminal penalties available for federal employees violating the act. Without penalties available they will continue to act. One of weaknesses of the Bill of Rights is that there is no penalty backing up all those ‘shall nots.’
I think the point was for state LEOs to stop making arrests for violating federal laws.
“I don’t see any criminal penalties available for federal employees violating the act. Without penalties available they will continue to act. One of weaknesses of the Bill of Rights is that there is no penalty backing up all those ‘shall nots.’”
That was done deliberately. It is settled law that the federal government cannot order state officers to enforce federal law.
There have been several court cases saying that state officers cannot arrest federal officers in the performance of their duties.
The Feds just do not have enough officers to enforce laws locally, so without local enforcers, they are rendered mostly harmless.