Trump signs bill making animal cruelty a FEDERAL FELONY

[Text Drivers are Killers]

Sorry but the tenth amendment says this is a state issue. Legislating on animal cruelty is NOT one of the listed powers of congress.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pres...ry?id=67295654

nov 25 2019 Animal cruelty has officially become a federal felony after President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on Monday afternoon.

The bipartisan bill, Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, criminalizes certain acts of animal cruelty. The bill was passed in the Senate by unanimous decision on Nov. 5 after being approved in the House in late October.

"Passing this legislation is a major victory in the effort to stop animal cruelty and make our communities safer," Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said earlier this month when the bill, which Toomey sponsored along with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., passed in the Senate. "Evidence shows that the deranged individuals who harm animals often move on to committing acts of violence against people. It is appropriate that the federal government have strong animal cruelty laws and penalties."

[Micawber]

How appropriate at thanksgiving. Gobble gobble go the millions of fattened birds to the hatchet.

[Sailor]

Sorry but the tenth amendment says this is a state issue. Legislating on animal cruelty is NOT one of the listed powers of congress.

Moon is screwed.

[Micawber]

Poor sailor following me around like a seagull at the back of my boat.

[Sailor]

^Do not flatter yourself limp dick. No ones cares about you. Not even a little.

[Text Drivers are Killers]

Anyone care to talk about the issue.? I oppose animal cruelty more than anyone does but this is clearly unconstitutional. So is obamacare. So is 99% of what the feds do.

[Sailor]

Anyone care to talk about the issue.? I oppose animal cruelty more than anyone does but this is clearly unconstitutional. So is obamacare. So is 99% of what the feds do.

How is this unconstitutional?

[Cinnabar]

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[Truth Detector]

Sorry but the tenth amendment says this is a state issue. Legislating on animal cruelty is NOT one of the listed powers of congress.

I agree; Trump should have vetoed this dumb shit. But, Congress is real busy with issues that affect every day Americans.

[Truth Detector]

Moon is screwed.

[Stretch]

I have no problem making animal cruelty a federal felony.
It's about those human beings who are bigger and stronger taking advantage of the more weak and defenseless.

[Charoite]

Anyone care to talk about the issue.? I oppose animal cruelty more than anyone does but this is clearly unconstitutional. So is obamacare. So is 99% of what the feds do.

You really are just a dingus off his rocker. Probably meds too, so try some Seroquel.

[Text Drivers are Killers]

How is this unconstitutional?

I told you. The 10A says any power not given to the feds nor denied to the states is retained by the states and the people. Since regulating animal welfare is not one of the listed powers of congress, the power is with the states.

[Text Drivers are Killers]

I have no problem making animal cruelty a federal felony.
It's about those human beings who are bigger and stronger taking advantage of the more weak and defenseless.

But the constitution says the feds have no authority in this matter. Like nearly everything this should be a state issue.

[Nomad]

Sorry but the tenth amendment says this is a state issue. Legislating on animal cruelty is NOT one of the listed powers of congress.

Anyone care to talk about the issue.? I oppose animal cruelty more than anyone does but this is clearly unconstitutional. So is obamacare. So is 99% of what the feds do.

I told you. The 10A says any power not given to the feds nor denied to the states is retained by the states and the people. Since regulating animal welfare is not one of the listed powers of congress, the power is with the states.

But the constitution says the feds have no authority in this matter. Like nearly everything this should be a state issue.

A General Welfare Clause is a section that appeared in many constitutions, as well as in some charters and statutes, which provides that the governing body empowered by the document may enact laws to promote the general welfare of the people, sometimes worded as the public welfare. In some countries, this has been used as a basis for legislation promoting the health, safety, morals, and well-being of the people governed thereunder.

The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States (Article VI, Clause 2), establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the “supreme Law of the Land”, and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws. It provides that state courts are bound by, and state constitutions subordinate to, the supreme law. However, federal statutes and treaties are supreme only if they do not contravene the Constitution.

Now shut the fuck up and go soak your head, goofball.