claims that the bill infringes on the U.S. Constitution by giving precedence to state law over federal laws. Obviously the problem Governor Jay Nixon fails to understand is that the federal government has no authority when it comes to arms. That is why it is the institution that is bound by the phrase "shall not be infringed." Publius Huldah lays this out quite simply in her talk on the fact that all federal gun laws are unconstitutional. Nixon fails to understand nullification. James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution," would rightly rebuke the Missouri governor for his ignorance. He wrote in Federalist No. 45 (9th para): "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which … concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State."
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:33:17 +0000
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