88°F
weather icon Clear
Las Vegas, NV
Letters

Does federal law apply or not?

AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
More Stories
(Getty Images)
LETTER: The transportation bureaucracy
Las Vegas Review-Journal
LETTER: The dangers in school zones
(Las Vegas Review-Journal)
LETTER: Make Las Vegas fun again
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
LETTER: Expedited removal for those who are here illegally
D.W. Walsh Las Vegas
May 3, 2017 - 9:00 pm
 

I follow the law every year and pay my taxes. We are a country of laws. Without laws, our society is chaos.

But states now violate federal law for marijuana use and immigration and allow people to vote in our federal elections and remain in the United States in violation of federal law. Does this mean I don’t have to follow federal law either? Can I not pay my federal income taxes? What is the difference? If the states can violate federal law and get away with it, why can’t I?

This problem is very simple. Follow the law or change the law — don’t violate it.

MOST READ
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.
THE LATEST
(Las Vegas Review-Journal)
LETTER: Make Las Vegas fun again
Dan Carr Las Vegas

The issue is that the Las Vegas casinos are no longer fun. It certainly is time for another reinvention.

The Las Vegas Strip skyline. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
LETTER: Why the Canadians are staying home
Calvin Brown St. Andrews, Manitoba

I’m a Canadian who, like many others, has thoroughly enjoyed past visits to your state. For months, however, we have endured your president’s insults, his unprovoked trade war and his threats to Canada’s sovereignty.

LETTER: NYC shooter had red flags
William Cuff Henderson

The Las Vegas man who drove across country to Manhattan and fatally shot four people had a history of mental illness. Yet he was allowed to have a concealed gun permit.

MORE STORIES