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> The federal government derives much of it's power over the states using a controversial interpretation of the commerce clause Given that expansive interpreta
by robonerd 4y ago
> The federal government derives much of it's power over the states using a controversial interpretation of the commerce clause
Given that expansive interpretations of the commerce clause seems to be the status quo, doesn't that suggest that a federal abortion law is possible? It should be easy for lawyers and politicians to find some tortured meaning of interstate commerce that includes a woman getting an abortion in her own state. They seem to do this sort of thing all the time.
- Clubber 4y agoMost of the time they just bribe the states. That's how the drinking age moving from 18 to 21 occurred. The federal government offered highway fund money (or threatened to remove it) if states increased the drinking age from 18 to 21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Minimum_Drinking_Age_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Minimum_Drinking_Age_...
- mcguire 4y agoEverybody wants federal highway funding. "If you want Medicare funding, you will..." could easily backfire, given that conservatives are not fond of that program either.
- Clubber 4y agoA lot of state governors refused to take Medicare funding for the ACA and it was a very unpopular move. I think it's mainly the conservative politicians that don't like it because they have to put it in their budget. Conservative citizens, by and large, particularly older ones like it, but it's part of the conservative "package." Social security is along the same lines. As soon as a conservative politician starts talking about cutting social security, his or her days are numbered.