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What happened to states rights? Do Republicans no longer believe in that?
by goatlover 2y ago
What happened to states rights? Do Republicans no longer believe in that?
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoHow is this relevant?
- goatlover 2y agoIt's relevant to the current administration going after universities.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoColumbia is a private entity directly contracting with the federal government. This isn’t a states’ rights issue.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoThat's not necessarily true. There's a whole body of law surrounding when the federal government can and cannot engage in quid pro quo withholding a federal funds. Much of it was litigated with respect to the withholding of highway funds in exchange for compliance with Federal blood alcohol limit standards and the like. Much of it was re litigated with respect to title IX educational compliance. I can't speak to specifics, but my understanding is that there are limitations on the withholding of funding and it must be directly tied what the funds are actually being used for. As you say, Columbia is a private entity, so that is a major distinction. However, there's also a body of law around selective punishment for speech. An example of this came up when the White House selectively punished the AP because it did not like the content of its speech.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoTo be clear, I’m not saying what Trump is doing is legal. I’m just saying it’s torturous to twist it into a states’ rights issue.
- quantified 2y agoIt's not about rights, it's about funding. If the universities don't take federal $$, they can't get told what to do by the federal government. Taking the aid $$ is accepting soft power. Same as with foreign aid.
- krapp 2y agoRepublicans have always believed in the right of states to support and enforce Republican ideology.