I particularly liked this part...
Rep. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville, said he sees inconsistency in the enforcement program.
“This administration has been very willing to turn a blind eye to illegal aliens pouring into our state, yet, when a natural Tennessean brings a
couple of cartons of smokes across the state line, they want to arrest them,” Campfield said.
and...
He and Johnson both said the program appears to involve the state in
interstate commerce, an area where the federal government is granted sole
authority by the U.S. Constitution. Johnson said he hopes an arrested motorist will file a lawsuit against the program, and further predicted the
state would lose.
Stakeouts across state lines? Shouldn't that be under the jurisdiction of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, a US Gov't. agency.
Originally posted by FredT
At anyrate these people are attempting to evade a tax that the voters enacted.
The voters or the politicians?
While the tax itself will remain in effect, I think its only a matter of time before someone challenges the legality of this surveillance program.
