Originally Posted by
sanicom3205
When the Supreme Court strikes down a law, it makes no difference? Is this truly what you’re saying?
I hate to tell you but the SCOTUS is not actually the final arbiter of the Constitution... the state governments (and ultimately The People) are. Read the 9th and 10th Amendments. I know they don't teach that in government schools.
Originally Posted by
sanicom3205
By the “legal definition” provided above, the Supreme Court is just that: supreme. What they rule is the law of the land, and I have laid out the precedence above that blows your argument out of the water. If they say a state law is illegal, that law no longer exists. Pretty simple here man.
Incorrect because the states created the federal government, not the other way around. The state governments are not subservient to the feds.... most of the time what you are espousing is how things normally work, but yes, there are cases and instances where the states can absolutely over ride the feds.
After all a federal court is going to mostly rule in favor of the federal government. So when a state government is wronged by the feds and cannot get relief in the federal courts, it is free to tell the feds to take a hike. This has happened many times in American history, but again, people don't understand this because it isn't taught in government schools (by design).