If the State Government has precedent over the Federal Government, then why aren't the state officials in the Gulf taking control?

If the State Government has precedent over the Federal Government, then why aren't the state officials in the Gulf taking control of this situation?

It seems our governors could over ride any BP official (thug) in providing public health and safety to their respective citizens by:

1. allowing intervention from animal rights activists in helping our dieing sea-life

2. allowing the citizens to volunteer in the cleaning of the beaches

3. allowing citizens to report and video any activity in the Gulf

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The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law "respecting an establishment of religion", impeding the free exercise of religion, infringing on the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

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Exclusive Powers of the National Government

Under the Constitution, powers reserved to the national government include:

# Print money (bills and coins)
# Declare war
# Establish an army and navy
# Enter into treaties with foreign governments
# Regulate commerce between states and international trade
# Establish post offices and issue postage
# Make laws necessary to enforce the Constitution

Exclusive Powers of State Governments

Powers reserved to state governments include:

# Establish local governments
# Issue licenses (driver, hunting, marriage, etc.)
# Regulate intrastate (within the state) commerce
# Conduct elections
# Ratify amendments to the U.S. Constitution
# Provide for public health and safety
# Exercise powers neither delegated to the national government or prohibited from the states by the U.S.
# Constitution (For example, setting legal drinking and smoking ages.)

Powers Shared by National and State Government

Shared, or "concurrent" powers include:

# Setting up courts
# Creating and collecting taxes
# Building highways
# Borrowing money
# Making and enforcing laws
# Chartering banks and corporations
# Spending money for the betterment of the general welfare
# Taking (condemning) private property with just compensation

Furthermore, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers"

Last Edited by greggin5d on 06/11/2010 02:20 PM