“they have also found that congress has supremacy over state legislatures”
Not exactly. Congress is subject to the Constitution and that document clearly gives delegated powers to the Fed Gov and the remainder is reserved to the States and the People.
Now, have we the balls to hold the bastards in DC’s feet to the fire?
Guess we shall see. See you in DC on May 16th?
The Supreme Court has rejected nullification, finding that under Article III of the Constitution, the power to declare federal laws unconstitutional has been delegated to the federal courts and that states do not have the authority to nullify federal law.
In practice, this means that if a state legislature refuses to enforce a federal law it deems unconstitutional, it must sue “The United States” in federal court. Who, of course, invariably back the US against the states.
Federal courts have even gone so far as to insist that they have supremacy over state legislatures, usually to demand that they spend money for things they do not wish to spend money on, usually education. If the state refuses to comply, the judge will then appoint a “special master” who will take charge of the state treasury for the purpose of paying for what the legislature refuses to pay for.
All in all, very unconstitutional, the lot of it.