Trump Withholding Billions In Grants From States That Engage In Corporate Oversight

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/01/trump-withholding-billions-in-grants-from-states-that-engage-in-corporate-oversight/

The Trump administration is reportedly drafting an executive order that would compel the Justice Department to sue states that enact laws regulating artificial intelligence, a move that could exceed presidential authority. The proposal emerges after disagreements among Senate Republicans over a broader plan to restrict state AI regulation, which ultimately failed due to bipartisan opposition concerned about AI's societal impacts. With public worries about job loss, children's safety, and energy costs rising, the move signals an aggressive attempt to assert federal control over emerging technology issues—challenging the traditional limits of presidential power. Will this executive order face legal obstacles or reshape state-federal dynamics on AI regulation? More here: https://wapo.st/4o5Vyhd #AI #ExecutiveOrder #FederalPower #StateRights #TechnologyPolicy #LegalChallenges #Trump

#DonaldTrump's stupidly unconstitutional attempt to pardon his #2020election criminal coconspirators' #electionFraud State crimes is a direct attack on #StateRights , the #USConstitution, #Democracy, & the rule of #Law. Yet another blatantly #impeachable corrupt act by #Republicans' Convict in Chief they'll ignore, or worse endorse. Sad.
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[Repost] Oil and gas belong to Sarawak. Any perceived attempt by a federal body to undermine this autonomy is an insult to Sarawak's status as a founding partner.

https://kalvin.my/when-propaganda-meets-principle-the-unwavering-assertion-of-sarawaks-autonomy

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Cops with large sticks - smells like #fascism to me.
What did MAGA do to #federalism and #staterights, pillars of the #constitution that conservatives have been defending for a long time in their struggle against the modern world?
Save #Portland and #Chicago - keep the National Guard OUT!
#UnitedStates

Trump’s remarkable statement against states’ rights | CNN Politics

Trump’s remarkable statement against states’ rights

President Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that he will sign an executive order aimed at getting rid of mail-in ballots and voting machines seems unlikely to amount to much. He doesn’t appear to have any such authority, and legal challenges would surely follow.

But it was instructive in one way: It made clear the president elected to lead the party of states’ rights has very little regard for states’ rights.

Indeed, he almost seems to disdain them.

It’s difficult to read his comments any other way, especially as he has spent much of his second term attempting to chip away at states’ rights — or at least, the ones he doesn’t like.

While selling his new pitch to get rid of mail-in voting and voting machines, Trump included this remarkable pair of sentences.

“Remember, the States are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.”

Trump has described the states as “agents” of the federal government before in this context, but without casting them as subservient to him personally.

This is a rather novel take on the Constitution, to put it mildly.

As CNN’s Daniel Dale notes, the Constitution says the “Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections … shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.” Congress has a role, in that the Constitution says it can “make or alter such Regulations.” But there is no role for the president.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Trump’s remarkable statement against states’ rights | CNN Politics

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Senator Blackburn Strikes AI Moratorium: States Reign Supreme in AI Regulation https://aiorbit.app/senator-blackburn-strikes-ai-moratorium-states-reign-supreme-in-ai-regulation/ #AIregulation
#MarshaBlackburn
#ELVISAct
#StateRights

Senate Rejects 10-Year AI Regulation Ban: States Retain Power https://aiorbit.app/senate-rejects-10-year-ai-regulation-ban-states-retain-power/ #AIRegulation
#SenateVote
#StateRights
#AIConsumerProtection

A bipartisan group of 260+ US state legislators sign a letter opposing a federal budget bill that blocks states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years. States demand the right to regulate #AI. #ArtificialIntelligence #LawTech #Budget #TechPolicy #StateRights #LegalTech

United States (USA): Strong Federalism Spirit

States have real power: Each state has its own constitution, laws (e.g. on education, taxes, even abortion), and judiciary.

Clear federal-state boundaries: Powers are divided under the U.S. Constitution. The federal government cannot interfere with state matters without legal basis.

Autonomy respected: States can disagree with federal government and even sue it.

Political diversity: States can lean conservative or liberal and set very different policies.

Spirit of Federalism?
Very strong. States are treated as equal partners.

#Federalism #USPolitics #StateRights #Malaysia #MA63 #Decentralization #ConstitutionalLaw #PoliticalAutonomy #Sarawak #Sabah #ComparativePolitics #FederalvsState #Democracy #Governance #PolicyDiversity #LegalSovereignty #Petros #Petronas #ResourceRights #PoliticalScience

[State Of] Colorado To Shield Thousands Of Acres Of Wetlands, Miles Of Streams [After Federal Supreme Court Sackett Decision]
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#water #hydrology #waterquality #waterresources #watersecurity #Colorado #USWest #staterights #supremecourt #Sackett #protection #CleanWaterAct #EPA #permits #permitting #construction #development #roads #impacts #statewaters #wetlands #streams #seasonal #ephemeral #legislation #statehouse #WesternUSA #rain #snowmelt #precipitation #climatechange #oversight #subsurface #groundwater #legal #regulations #waterways #dredge #fill #farming #agriculture #irrigation #wastewater #treatment #pollution #treatment #mitigation

Trump on Abortion | Your Opinion Counts. Do you agree with Trump’s state-level abortion policy stance? Share your view #Trump, #AbortionDebate, #StateRights, #Policy, #YourVoice, #Election2024, #PoliticalOpinion, #Vote, #USA, #PublicOpinion

Remember, if you want to stay updated… https://t.co/fHw6nafL3F https://t.co/YBvuBJ4aVF on https://twitter.com/AcerboLivio/status/1777588001914122482

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/20/tillis-bill-colorado-disqualifies-trump/71982452007/

You know, for a group that’s all about #StateRights #republicans are really eager to take those rights away.

Texas Republicans Cite Noah’s Ark in Lawsuit Over State’s Right to Wage War With Mexico

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/texas-republicans-noahs-ark-mexico-border-lawsuit.html

#Slate #TexasRepublicans #NoahsArk #MexicoBorder #Lawsuit #StateRights #Politics #News

“ஏழை, எளிய, பட்டியலின, பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட மாணவர்களின் கல்வி உரிமை பறிபோய்விடக் கூடாது என்கிற ஒரே நோக்கத்திற்காகத்தான் நீட் எதிர்ப்பு பிரச்சாரம் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டு வருகிறது” - தோழர் @kbcpim@twitter.com மாநிலச் செயலாளர் #CPIM #NeetExamination #PoorStudents #StateRights #Autonomy