"You don't wage war on a "thing" or an "item". You wage war on another nation.
Obviously "war on drugs" is just a catchy phrase." cc #17
That is a point I've made explicitly countless times:
"It's not a War on Drugs, it's a War against U.S. citizens." sear
BUT !!
LBJ's "War on Poverty" wasn't waged by gun-toting paramilitary troops, taking prisoners, taking plunder, and usurping the very right U.S. government was Founded to protect.
LBJ's "War on Poverty" was waged by expanding availability of food, and education, etc.
BUT !!
The War against Americans is a real, martial War. It is most certainly NOT a "War" in name alone, unlike the "War on Poverty".
" It's unconstitutional to do such on the federal level. The states can have at it, but that doesn't mean they should, just that they can. " F #18
I'm quite confident that's false.
There's no denying there are rivalries and contentions between State and federal governments. That's fine.
BUT !!
The U.S. Founders did not found a nation where the U.S. federal government could not impose martial oppression, but if the States wanted to, they could.
The proof of this is Art.6 Sect.2:
ARTICLE 6. Sect. 2
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof;... under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
I consider that unambiguously clear.
It doesn't mean our federal government CAN legally wage its War of martial oppression against the People.
What it instead means is that neither the U.S. federal government, nor any other form (State, regional, county, or municipal) can.
Martial oppression is illegal in the United States of America, PERIOD.