There's always secession!
3: No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
U.S. Constitution-
Article I
Section 10
Paragraph 3:
Is this going to be one of those things where we decide which parts of the Constitution we like and which parts we don't like?
A State asserting its sovereignty and walking away on its own does not require a pact with another State. Following the walking away, the Constitution does not apply.
What one delegates to another, one can withdraw from that other.
Secede!!!
Honestly, I didn't have much of a legal opinion when I posted this. I was however interested in seeing a few. So basically if Indiana decided to do this all on It's own that's just spiffy. If it agrees to do this in cooperation with other states that's a revolt? Is that what I'm reading?
Three separate issues.
1) States do not have to assist the feds in enforcing federal law.
2) No state can legally prevent the feds from enforcing federal laws in the state. Period. End of discussion. (this is a big part of the OP video...and illegal)
3) States cannot enter into "compacts" with other states for any reason unless Congress approves. However, if the Justice Dept. ignores compacts, then, though illegal, until someone makes a stink, they can operate.
Sorry for the thread jack, but how does this apply to the states that are entering into "compacts" to effectively eliminate the Electoral College (or at least radically change how the electoral votes are assigned)? Legal, or illegal? On the surface it seems similar, but maybe I'm missing something.
Can't do it without Congressional approval...or the federal government ignores it.