Subject: Re: January 6, Part Deux
By definition, if what the states are doing is meaningful in impeding the federal government, it's barred by the Supremacy Clause.

But isn’t that true only if the federal government is doing one of its constitutionally enumerated things? So if we switch the discussion from immigration enforcement to running elections, we should get a different result. Immigration is something the states delegated to the federal government in the constitution. So that is protected by the supremacy clause. But registering voters was not delegated. So can’t states can do a lot more in that area to push back in that area? The federal government has no authority in voting, so if the feds are trying to enforce something, the states are far more free to interfere with federal agents.

—Peter

—Peter