U.S. Supreme Court,
Government,
Constitutional Law
Sep. 5, 2013
Missouri lawmakers make last stand to void federal legislation
A proposed law in the state would declare void any federal legislation that assumes powers not granted in the U.S. Constitution.
Charles S. Doskow
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
Email: dosklaw@aol.com
Harvard Law School
Charles is a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and in 2012 was awarded the chapter's Erwin Chemerinsky Defender of the Constitution award.
On Sept. 11 the legislature of the state of Missouri will meet to vote on whether or not Missouri wants to remain one of the United States.
On that date the legislators will vote whether to override the governor's veto of a proposed law titled the "Second Amendment Preservation Act." The proposed law expresses the will of the state to ignore the U.S. Constitution when it disagrees with constitutional principles. The subject is, as we might suspect, gun control. The law is i...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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