Fairly decent coverage of the debate over Arizona SB 1433 was provided by Cronkite News recently. I’d say it’s not nearly as biased as the usual media reports.
Arizona State Senator Gallardo however, obviously doesn’t understand state nullification. He thinks it’s about nullifying parts of our Constitution that we don’t like? No Senator! That’s what our so called “federal” government does every day!
State nullification is about states supporting and defending the parts of the Constitution that the usurpers in Washington, DC don’t seem to like, such as the 9th and 10th Amendment!
Also, what reporter Kylee Gauna doesn’t seem to understand is that any Supreme Court Decision that interferes with SB 1433 will also be nullified by the people of Arizona and their state officials, if we deem it to be unconstitutional . Why? Because it’s the Constitution, according to its original meaning (which is both fixed and knowable), that is the Supreme Law of the land and the measure of all federal power, not the Supreme Court’s opinion.
When did the Supreme Court become the lawmaker?
Lets ask a basic question of what will happen when the supreme court rules against the state of Arizona. Will they get off the bench and beat the tar out of Arizona state officials until the comply? Will they order the army to invade the state of Arizona until it is in submission? Is failure for any state official to comply with the laws of the federal government stipulated in the legislation (aka no penalty means no negative consequences of violating the law)? Isn't the courts decision just words on paper?
Hmmmm….Since the fed gov hasn't done any of those things to states that have failed to comply with federal Real ID or the court's decision in Gonzales v. Raich regarding medical marijuana, I tend to think that the court's decisions are just words on paper. Unless a plurality of the politically active people in a given state INSIST that the court's decision be enforced in their state and a majority of the entire population there will passively accept enforcement, it's highly unlikely that it will be enforced. I suspect that in a very real sense, the court's decisions have to be ratified by the people of a given state or community in order for them to carry any weight there.