Inside every so-called "liberal" is a tyrant waiting to come out.
He can’t enforce them with state laws, because mj will be legal. Will he become an arm of the feds? Will the feds let Baca enforce fed drug laws, but won’t allow AZ to enforce fed immigrant laws?
Will AG Eric Holder let him enforce Federal law?
He is a State Law Officer who needs to get his foot out of his mouth. He has NO AUTHORITY save State law and if he tries to enforce a State Law that is no longer State Law then he needs to be put away. I don’t care where he stands on the issue, he is to enforce the law of the State.
How can a county sheriff say he is going to enforce federal laws while violating state laws? Where is his authority to do this? He’s not a federal agent. Which jurisdiction does the county fall under? I don’t see “county” anywhere in the separation of powers; they are obviously an arm of the state... not the feds... unless you happen to live in Waco.
And no, this is not the same thing as Arizona... law enforcement are enforcing a state law that AGREES with federal law.
Really, which one? the State Law or the Federal Law?
In this case there might be two laws and where exactly in the constitution does it talk about imposing naughty vegetable laws?
But there are a lot of Nanny Staters who wish to control others in this regard.
Inside many republicans there is a totalitarian rascal waiting to get out.
Wouldn’t that pre-empt Federal Law?
I couldn’t help it, just saying.
Because L.A. County has no other problems.
In my state of Idaho we just had laws go into effect that if a firearm is made in Idaho and stays in Idaho the Federal Government has no authority over it. We are still waiting on the challenges in court.
Is California’s marijuana law not going to have the same legal challenges when it comes to the FEDs?
Would the FEDs not claim the Interstate Commerce clause on both cases?
If dope is legalized, the narcs are all out of work. No more cool property forfeiture, no bribes, no lucrative rehabilitation classes, half the prisons will be empty, etc.etc. The cops have more at stake than anybody else if legalization ever happens.
Between the Mexican cartels and US “law enforcement”, half the continent lives off illegal dope.
So, it's okay to enforce SOME federal laws locally, but not others?
What is a 9 letter word for "Liberal"?
Hypocrite
Translation: Legalization means the end of my rake-off and I’m not gonna allow that to happen!
does the L.A. sheriff enforce federal law re: illegals ?
Can you remind me where in the Constitution is the authority to prohibit MJ in the first place? I can find the prohibition of alcohol, but not MJ. Oh, wait, the prohibition of alcohol was repealed ... but still there's no prohibition of MJ.
Dumb question I guess, but how can a county official enforce Federal law? I guess they can arrest them for violating it, but what can they do after that?
It gets better: The "liberal" in this case is a RINO.
One Sheriff—In The Know—intends to use the “Bully Pulpit” before the vote takes place.
Yeah, the law is the law and this Sheriff can’t pick and chose which laws to enforce.
Baca has ignored for years federal immigration law and allowed illegal immigrant criminals to escape punishment and commit more crimes.
The real reason he would continue to enforce federal MJ laws is MONEY.
His department would lose federal grants and training which supplement his budget.
Both are used to get high, and both can be harmful in excessive quantities. We sell every kind of liquor from wine coolers to everclear and in whatever quantities wanted to anyone over 21, yet an ounce of pot will get you thrown in jail.
I've been around a LOT of people drunk and a lot of people high, and from everything I've witnessed the people high on pot are a lot less aggressive and dangerous than those drunk from liquor.
Baca will send the illegal aliens to ICE and send the dopers to the DEA.
LAT:
“The L.A. Sheriff’s Department wants to extend a joint project with federal immigration officials to identify illegal immigrants in the L.A. jail system.”
“The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider a request by L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca for his department to continue working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the effort to track illegal-immigrant criminals.”
“L.A. County was a pioneer in working with the federal officials on screening inmates, and more than 11,000 have been referred to ICE for possible deportation, according to a Times report.”