Meanwhile, Republicans Want States to Have Immunity from Federal Law

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 12:48pm

So basically, the States should be able to cherry-pick the federal laws they wish to follow. Just like Conservatives get to cherry-pick the Bible. Neato!
North Carolina May Declare Official State Religion Under New Bill

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 1:50pm

North Carolina is quickly proving itself as incomprehensibly stupid as its sister state to the immediate south.

[madbrian]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 2:27pm

All they're trying to do is protect God-fearing Christians from that Muslim in the White House.

[Yawper]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 6:19pm

apparently they have heard of the First Amendment but are not familiar with Article VI of the US Constitution, which in part reads:

"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 4/3/13 at 11:46pm

John C. Calhoun Calhoun tried this whole nullification bit in the 1830s. That worked out well.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/4/13 at 12:23pm

This idea was (formally) introduced in 1798 by Thomas Jefferson in the Kentucky Resolution, and you would think that that after the Nullification Crisis thirty-odd years later and the freakin' Civil War, that the whole concept would have been put to rest. But noooope. It's actually ridiculous there are still politicians arguing these outdated views of states' rights.