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Doesn't seem like a hard sell to get Oregon & Washington on board, politically.
by michaelchisari 10y ago
Doesn't seem like a hard sell to get Oregon & Washington on board, politically.
- comex 10y agoBut it would require the consent of Congress, per the Constitution: "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress... enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State." I don't see that happening.
- foota 10y agoIANAL, but the wikipedia page on Interstate Compact states that "Not all compacts between states require explicit Congressional approval - the Supreme Court ruled in Virginia v. Tennessee that only those agreements which would increase the power of states at the expense of the federal government required it." I'm not sure this would cause the federal government to lose any power, especially if the ACA was repealed. Also, if the bill allowing for interstate healthcare exchanges were passed it would seem to imply that states are allowed to cooperate on healthcare?
- sjg007 10y agoIt would be great if it goes this way. I would guess that the Feds would sue to stop it in spite and to protect insurance companies and then it would go to the Supreme Court.
- chrismealy 10y agoWA isn't even meeting its constitutional mandate for funding education.
- Abundnce10 10y agoI'd like to learn more about this, can you provide a source?
- foota 10y agohttps://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/SupremeCourt/?fa=supremecourt.McCleary_Education https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/SupremeCour...