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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Isn't it a question of what the Supreme Court thinks? And can someone explain to me a theory under which it's going to be unconstitutional?
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I haven't really studied it, but isn't at least the first part, which is essentially a statutory "full faith anc credit" requirement, subject to substantial challenge on the ground that Congress, and not the Court, is empowering itself to decide what a clause of the constitution requires? The Court didn't take to kindly to that approach when there was an effort to create a federal statutory definition of what rights were to be afforded in light of the
Miranda ruling. Answer: What the Court says, not Congress.
As for federal recognition, probably harder, but isn't there a rough equivalent of the FFaCC for the federal government? (although I think it's statutory, so statute can overrule a statute)
