Originally Posted by
VH-RMD
what they will claim is Federal trumps state, but what if you are only flying from one port in Texas to another?
It doesn't matter whether it's interstate or not: the argument is that
aviation is a Federal matter. If you're arrested on Federal drug charges, proving that the drugs were always within your state isn't a defense.
But it's not
at all clear that supremacy would apply here or in what form. The classic case is where a locality passes a law that dictates flight paths. The FAA then argues (successfully) that they aren't bound by such a law.
Here, it's different because it's a
criminal matter involving an individual that's clearly under the jurisdiction of the state. There's not a whole lot of precedent in a situation like that.