George Washington says that the state legislatures will ""Laugh in your face"" what does this metaphor suggest about his view of the federal government?

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i think a judge or jury, as they preside over the court and is the central figure in a trial.

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civil disobedience, refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition