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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 9:35 pm
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Aubie_NoFlyNoMore
 
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Originally Posted by TerminalBliss
It simply doesn't matter what the States pass...Federal law trumps state law. As long as the Agents are conducting an arrest, investigation, warrant search, etc., that falls within their Federal jurisdiction, then there is absolutely nothing the locals or state officials can realistically do to limit that authority...that takes the US Congress.

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Maybe, but local law enforcement still can refuse to cooperate. I have yet to see the TSA put handcuffs on anyone and I don't expect that the TSA clerks are going to hold me until the FBI comes.
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