No argument there. And if the infanticide occurred on federal property or an Indian reservation, the feds would have jurisdiction. Is the baby a federal officer in performance of his duties? No. Is it a hate crime? No. Is it a terrorist act? No. Has the baby's civil rights been violated? I don't know that area of the law very well, but it seems to me if this argument had legs, someone would have made it already.

The Constitution sets limits on what the federal government can do, and frankly they've usurped too much power from the states already. I'm not inclined to give the feds any more power, even for this reason. If they can usurp state law here, who knows what they would do next.

Onward and upward,
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