It's nothing new, Mike, not even from state executives.
These protests come and go, and all the while the FedGov oozes its control and influence slowly and surely into every uncovered place.
All three branches do it: the Prez, the Cong, and especially SCOTUS. The Warren Court; now that was the day when state executives invoked Calhounian state sovereignty. Yes sir, Govenah Wallace. Blocking the way. There were other examples too. Send in the Airborne!
If this makes you scratch your head, you'll be bald before you turn 40. Read about the National Bank and the Jacksonian era. Or the progressives during the early part of the 20th century. Our Federalism. Bless and preserve it. The endless tug of war between centralization and dispersion.
But the creeping blob is winning. And will win.
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"Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12
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