Rigby5
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“In a letter sent Wednesday night and obtained by The Associated Press, Justice officials said the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause outweighs the measure that Gov. Mike Parson signed into law Saturday. The new rules penalize local police departments if their officers enforce federal gun laws.” ibid
The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution – the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, Federal law supersedes that of state and local laws; a fact settled, accepted, and beyond dispute, reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in Cooper v. Aaron (1958).
Wrong.
The constitution clearly divides jurisdiction, and states are absolutely supreme in some areas, while feds supreme in others.
For example, congress shall make no law establishing religion, while state not only are free to do so, but Pennsylvania and Connecticut had legislated state religions at the time, and still did for years after signing the Constitution.