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Comment by Joker_vD

17 hours ago

Also, this line is quite funny on its own because while understand what she actually meant, it can be very easily reinterpreted as "only actions committed out-of-home should be crimes; murdered someone in your home? welp, our hands are tied, have a nice day".

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amanaplanacanal  16 hours ago

I think the point is that murder is handled by the states, not Congress. This is about what the federal government can do, not all government.

  • FuriouslyAdrift  15 hours ago

    Murder can be federal crime if it involves:

      * the murder is of a federal judge or a federal law enforcement official

  * the killing is of an immediate family member of a federal law enforcement official

  * the murder is of an elected or appointed federal official

  * the killing is committed during a bank robbery

  * the killing takes place aboard a ship at sea

  * the murder was designed to influence a court case

  * the killing takes place on federal property

    • lokar  13 hours ago

      And in some locations, the federal government holds exclusive jurisdiction, so they better enforce these laws :)

  • hackeraccount  15 hours ago

    This is the question I'd love to see asked to people running for President. Name something you think the States can do that the Federal government is prohibited from doing.

    • DrDeadCrash  13 hours ago

      The answer isn't something we should accept as an opinion, though. For example, laws prohibit the federal government from (direct) involvement in elections.

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