VMI77 wrote:I don't see it happening. Some of the Collectivist Utopia states might go along with it, but ultimately, such an attempt will decrease Federal power because most states will fight in court and then simply ignore any Federal takeover. It's not going to happen without the cooperation of each state.
A Federal government that can't or won't enforce Federal marijuana laws against states that have legalized marijuana is not going to be able to Federalize police forces. I think that is where we're headed in general...the more the Feds overreach the more the states will just ignore the Feds and the Feds will be powerless to do anything about it. This is a Federal Government that can't even issue IDs to new employees and requires months to issue new IDs to existing employees whose IDs have expired. A government that takes 12-18 months to bring a new employee on board AFTER they've already cleared the selection process because that's how long it take to get a background check done. That's not a government that's going to Federalize the police in 50 states.
Ack! Essential parts of the background check aare outsourced, interviews are performed on a public record base pulled from search engines over the internet and phone calls in regards to federal security are originated from foreign countries, just to mention a few flaws. Federalizing police forces would most likely amount to outsourcing security and control the flow of money. See ACA, a serious inflation of overhead with no improvement to health care.