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seamusTX wrote:

Barbi Q wrote:It's like "til death do us part" when your spouse is abusive, and the federal government is being abusive by violating their vows in the constitution.

I see it as more like wanting a divorce because the husband and wife can't agree on a household budget—which is still a serious issue, but no couple would make it to their first anniversary if they had to agree about everything.

No one really answered my question yet. If states can pick which laws to obey, where does it end? And what happens when Pima County disagrees with Arizona state law? Can the local officials decide which state laws to enforce or ignore?

Maybe we'll all end up like this: viewtopic.php?f=83&t=25798" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(Pima County contains Tucson and is probably the most liberal county in Arizona).

- Jim

The States can pick and choose which laws they obey. It ends when the matter is settled as our Forefathers designed - in the judiciary. I just hope that the Justices who are involved actually have some allegiance to Constitution and are not like Justice Sotomayor. She and a few others seem to think that they are the 3rd house of the Legislature and that they get to legislate from the bench.

IMHO, we've had far too few challenges of the laws and regulations that have been passed. I'm glad to see more challenges occur. Will it be bumpy? Yes but better that than the continual slide toward more and more Federal usurpation and a dictatorial Executive branch.

seamusTX wrote:What happened in Hungary in 1956 or unfortunate events in other central European countries in the 20th century will not happen here. Our social, political, and economic environment is very different. Our established system of government is much more stable. Have a little faith.

- Jim

The stability of our Republic is (IMHO) dependent on two things. Our adherence to the rule of law. That makes us different than a Democracy because, supposedly, the majority (or a vocal minority) cannot go beyond the law to bend the population to its will. Second, our Constitution set up, supposedly, a system of checks and balances to keep the power of the government under control.

So how is all of that workin' out for us?

I admit that I'm a bit of a tin foil hat type but do believe that the Saul Alinsky method is being used on us to systematically destabilize our government. The solution is quite simple - we need to somehow get those out of power who march to the Alinsky drum. That is just not as easy as it sounds. Our failure to do that will likely put our country beyond the ability of our corrupted institutions to save it.