Does a state judge have the authority to strike down law on federal grounds? I thought they were bound by the state constitution, and that if an appeal were to be made on federal grounds, it would have to go to federal court.
I doubt it,but they DO have the authority to tell the feds to go urinate up a rope because they will not enforce that law in their state.
I thought they were bound by the state constitution, and that if an appeal were to be made on federal grounds, it would have to go to federal court.
I think you are probably right about this,but nothing prevents them from exercising "judicial nullification".