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> Federal law trumps state law Where do I dispute that? > The reason national laws are so hard is the filibuster in the Senate and the fact that Republicans a
by snapetom 3y ago
> Federal law trumps state law
Where do I dispute that?
> The reason national laws are so hard is the filibuster in the Senate and the fact that Republicans are pretty much universally opposed to expanding government healthcare. It's got nothing to do with there being 50 states.
That's a very narrow historical view. Look at any landmark laws passed that have significance on an average person's life - ACA, 2008 Bank Bailout, Patriot Act, AWB. They are few and far between compared to other Western democracies.
- cogman10 3y ago> Where do I dispute that? I probably read too much into your earlier comment, but it seemed like your discussion of state laws meant national ones would be harder to pass. To the rest of your comment. Federal laws have been historically a lot easier to pass, the gridlock of DC is (semi) recent history that started around the 90s. Regan kicked the Republicans down a path of deregulation and privatization of the gov. Bush Srs loss from "no new taxes" started the "never compromise" attitude of Republicans. Newt Gingrich codified that under Clinton. And with Obama we saw basically the end of any sort of major across the isle legislation. I don't know why you are saying this is a narrow view. From roughly Eisenhower to Regan, major federal laws were fairly common. national highways, NLRB, social security, Medicare, EPA, CCC, OSHA, various federal law enforcement, etc. These all have pretty high impacts on day to day life.