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I love the fact that the announcement couches the order in the state's prerogative to consume services that it deems best fit its needs, which is very slick pol
by terravion 9y ago
I love the fact that the announcement couches the order in the state's prerogative to consume services that it deems best fit its needs, which is very slick politically, however that works legally.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoI think that the state can do that, yes. It can't say "you have to do this to do business in our state", but it can say "you have to do this to do business with us, the state government". The alternative is that the federal government can dictate which businesses the state governments do business with, which is, to put it mildly, probably not a valid use of federal power.
- fleitz 9y agoNo it can't dictate, but it can attach state requirements to federal funding. Similar to the way Montana can't dictate NN, but it can require it to do business with the state.
- someonelse9184 9y agoI think we're far beyond valid use of federal power at this point ?