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In Spain and France, once the legislature approves a transit project, it preempts all other laws and is very difficult to litigate out of existence. Lawsuits cr
by rayiner 6mo ago
In Spain and France, once the legislature approves a transit project, it preempts all other laws and is very difficult to litigate out of existence. Lawsuits cripple our ability to build infrastructure.
- rcbdev 6mo agoYes, it is this way in most European countries where public transit infrastructure works.
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- yieldcrv 6mo agoThe US constitution’s supremacy clause allows for this too But because higher governments derive their existence from the support of the lower governments, laws are frequently written to allow opt in by lower governments California very commonly inverts the supremacy relationship Municipal level governments don’t practice the county’s laws unless they opt in, and don’t practice many of the states laws unless they opt in Exceptions apply
- rayiner 6mo agoA lot of the burden is from federal requirements (NEPA and the APA) that subject every government action to endless litigation. In Spain and France, the laws authorizing transit projects also bar challenges under many corresponding national laws. The idea is that the government has made the decision to do something after extended consideration, and that's that.