In 2018, Attorney General Marty Jackley convinced the United States Supreme Court to allow South Dakota to enforce its tax laws outside its borders. AG…
Posts tagged as “states’ rights”
The United States Supreme Court yesterday rejected challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act, which requires that states seizing American Indian children and putting them…
In 2018, California voters passed Proposition 12, an initiative banning the sale of veal, pork, and eggs from animals that are raised in pens smaller…
American federalism stinks, says University of Washington political scientist Jacob Grumbach. In his book Laboratories Against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State Politics, Grumbach says shifting…
Senator Marion Michael Rounds is getting headlines for talking like a swing-state Republican (or maybe a Republican Supreme Court nominee) and saying on CNN Sunday that he…
On July 3, Governor Kristi Noem said abortion is “a decision that should be made at the state level, absolutely.” Today, South Carolina Senator Lindsey…
Skidmore professor, constitutional scholar, and author Beau Breslin says the Alito Court’s reversion to states’ rights on abortion policy violates the original purpose of a…
As usual, when Donald Trump can’t get what he wants through honest deal-making, he cheats… and violates basic Republican principles. To pass its big liberal…
On NPR this morning, Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Georgia) expressed his support for repealing the state-and-local tax deduction by asking rhetorically if it’s fair to ask…
State Senator Deb Peters (R-9/Hartford) skipped chairing the July 24–25 meeting of the Government Operations and Audit Committee to go fry fiscal fish in Washington.…