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To: sneakypete
So much for me liking her. Has anybody told this dimwit about a thing called the "US Constitution" or the "Bill of Rights"? No state has the legal or moral authority to restrict the rights RECOGONIZED AND GUARANTEED by the US Constitution.

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.

199 posted on 02/10/2003 6:44:42 AM PST by BlackRazor
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To: BlackRazor
Does a state judge have the authority to strike down law on federal grounds?

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".

201 posted on 02/10/2003 6:55:41 AM PST by sneakypete
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