If states can defy the federal law, why can’t individuals defy state law..?
In other words:
If states can ignore federal laws on the simple basis they don’t LIKE certain laws, why can’t individuals do that with state laws they don’t like..?
Indeed in California where there are very many illegal aliens, already many individuals do that.
The general movement is towards a culture of lawlessness.
most people once imagined if we saw the real emergence of A Confederacy that it would be in somewhere like Mississippi or Alabama.
But I find it deliciously ironic that in fact it’s taking place in California.
What’s more, California is being lead in this thinking by the very most liberal county, maybe Marin County.
Chardonnay John Brown..?
In many cases, I think you are right, but the difference here is that there is no law saying “No State shall recognize the Paris agreement”.
As a matter of fact, California has, and has every right, to set it’s own laws, as long as there is no direct conflict with the Constitution. That’s the way the Founders set it up. For instance, they can claim it’s illegal to kill the red-throated, green-winged, blue-eyed lucidobber, and that’s perfectly within the concept of State’s rights.
They already have environmental laws that are more strict than the EPA, and that’s legal. Hence, you have special “California editions” of automobiles. If they want to abide by the Paris agreement’s provisions, it’s up to them. But - they cannot enter into a treaty and make the US live up to it.