▲ 633 ▼ "You have no say in this at all. Federal law is supreme and federal law will be enforced." (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 146 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source of news: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/7/ice-launches-military-style-raids-in-los-angeles-what-we-know This is Stephen Miller's (White House Deputy Chief) response to Karen Bass (Los Angeles Mayor).
[–] LMurch 48 points 1 year ago (3 children) The "states' rights" crowd is not very supportive of states' right, right now. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago They never were. It was always cover to do awful shit like overturn Roe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago “States’ rights” has always been a bullshit lie. The confederacy did not honor states rights. The constitution explicitly instituted slavery as an institution an individual state could not abolish. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago States' rights to abuse its citizens, no states' rights to protect any of them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago They never were. It was always cover to do awful shit like overturn Roe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago “States’ rights” has always been a bullshit lie. The confederacy did not honor states rights. The constitution explicitly instituted slavery as an institution an individual state could not abolish. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago States' rights to abuse its citizens, no states' rights to protect any of them. permalink fedilink source parent
