Can States Decline to Enforce Federal Laws?

As long as we're on the subject of shiny new gun laws, Steve Benen points out yet another offering from the great state of Texas: Perhaps the most controversial of the gun-related items, HB 1076 would ban state agencies from enforcing any new federal gun laws, including background checks. The bill passed the Republican-led House on a largely party line vote Monday, but legal experts say the attempt to "nullify" possible future federal laws likely wouldn't pass the scrutiny of the U.S. Supreme Co...