Not exactly, the state laws can't override federal laws. State laws can expand on Federal laws as long as it's Constitutional but they can't negate federal laws. Drugs are still illegal everywhere until the federal law changes it's just that some states are refusing to deal with marijuana offenses but technically the feds can come make the arrests.
Umm, I never said anything necessarily about "overriding federal laws." The state can make whatever laws they want whether or not they go against federal laws, it is in the constitution and creates a separation of power. All that it means, is that state/federal officers enforce different laws.
If a federal officer was searching a perp's house and saw child porn in his history, he isn't going to do anything. But in Washington, if a state officer were to find the child porn in the search history, then he could press charges.
Is it normal that my boyfriend was looking at pictures of child porn?
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Not exactly, the state laws can't override federal laws. State laws can expand on Federal laws as long as it's Constitutional but they can't negate federal laws. Drugs are still illegal everywhere until the federal law changes it's just that some states are refusing to deal with marijuana offenses but technically the feds can come make the arrests.
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Umm, I never said anything necessarily about "overriding federal laws." The state can make whatever laws they want whether or not they go against federal laws, it is in the constitution and creates a separation of power. All that it means, is that state/federal officers enforce different laws.
If a federal officer was searching a perp's house and saw child porn in his history, he isn't going to do anything. But in Washington, if a state officer were to find the child porn in the search history, then he could press charges.