Originally Posted by
ElizabethConley
No. I want equal protection under the law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause
What I'm seeing here is "Some pigs are more equal than others".
The Federal government protects it's employees and it's interests, even to the detriment of ordinary citizens, while erroding the States' ability to protect themselves and their citizens from the Federal government.
When the 14th Amendment was written, I don't think the founders thought the Federal Government would be menacing citizens, and the States would be helpless to protect us.
The Federal Government's power grabs are beginning to render the 14th Amendment moot.
There are plenty of things to be angry at the federal government for. This isn't it. This is just ill informed.
The federal government has no authority to prosecute people for state crimes. That is the state government's job. I can't imagine the state of Arizona will not be prosecuting Loughner. The fact that Arizona hasn't formally pressed charges two days after the rampage, while the initial investigation is still ongoing does not suggest in any way that Loughner will go unpunished. If anything it means that state officials are being careful.
The only power grab would be if the federal government decided to take over the prosecution of state crimes from Arizona. It would also be unconstitutional.
+1 on what GUWonder wrote.