Isn't this already federal law, though?
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Yes, but this provides a potential redundancy in case the supreme Court rules it to be unconstitutional at a federal level. Because I guess sometimes laws can be unconstitutional if implemented at the federal level but not at the state level? Tbh that part kinda confuses me.
I also kinda have mixed feelings on the law. On the one hand, domestic violence isn't okay and anyone who engages in it should be locked up. Additionally, they absolutely shouldn't have access to firearms; at least not until they get their shit together. On the other hand, if I'm not mistaken a misdemeanor is generally treated as an "oopsie", like, "oopsie, I didn't know that was illegal". If someone's losing a constitutional right over an "oopsie", then maybe it shouldn't be an "oopsie" to begin with (in other words, maybe domestic violence should automatically be criminal and never a misdemeanor).
Ultra-agree, the thing that really makes no sense here is softballing violence because it happens with an intimate partner.
If we treated it like every other violence you wouldn't need a special one-off patch law since their rights would be automatically restricted by the prohibited person laws.
Tbh that part kinda confuses me.
Yeah, that part confuses me too. I am definitely not a lawyer, but I am pretty certain that constitutional restrictions apply to state laws also. I guess it would only remain after being struck down if the supreme court declares it is a "state's rights" issue like they did with Roe v. Wade.
The federal government only has authority to regulate under a certain set of defined powers. To cite the 10th Amendment:
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
This is saying that any power that isn't explicitly granted to the federal government is instead held by the states. So, there are things that would be unconstitutional for the federal government to do because that power is reserved for state governments. This gets murky nowadays because that list of federal powers is interpreted very broadly (the power to regulate interstate commerce particularly, which is now said to apply to essentially anything that might plausibly affect the economies of multiple states), but the legal principle is still there.
The article talks about that.
So I see. I missed that the first time around.
I'm not entirely sure the logic holds water, but I guess the intent is for this to be a belt-and-suspenders thing.