Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) was a Russian communist revolutionary and head of the Bolshevik Party who rose to prominence during the Russian Revolution of 1917, one of the most explosive political events of the twentieth century. The bloody upheaval marked the end of the oppressive Romanov dynasty and centuries of imperial rule in Russia. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party, making Lenin leader of the Soviet Union, the world’s first communist state.
The position described in the quote (governor) compares closest to the U.S. president. Governors are the chief executive officers of the fifty states and five commonwealths and territories. They are, in other words, the managers and leaders of the states, so they are comparable to the U.S. president, although on a smaller scale.
US Constitution provides for a federal government superior to state governments in regard to enumerated powers. Federal law trumps any state law in explicit conflict. State law subservient to federal law in case of explicit conflict. If state law affords more rights to residents, the state law is presumed to prevail.
