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Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi on Monday sued the U.S. government to block theBiden administration’s proposed rulethat would require the offshore oil and gas industry to provide nearly $7 billion in financial assurances to cover costs of dismantling old infrastructure. The rule, which ...
Ferguson and Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced the lawsuit last week outside the federal prison in SeaTac, Washington, where the federal government was detaining dozens of women after forcibly separating their children from them. The Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal imm...
By the late 1930s, however, New Deal policies had dramatically increased the size and power of the federal government. Proponents of states' rights argued against extensive use of theCommerce Clause, which gave the federal government the power to regulate interstate commerce, and the federal govern...
United States, which they say gave the federal government leeway in setting enforcement priorities, such as deciding that removing smugglers and criminals is more important than removing veterans or students. The battle over Obama’s order is also playing out in Congress, where some conservatives ...
states to sue the federal government. These states claim that they have been overcharged for the cost of drugs to low-income seniors under the new Medicare Part D program. According to some state governors, since the implementation of the new plan, the cost of drug coverage to the states ...
federalismseparation of powersTake Care ClauseArticle IIIState suits against the federal government are on the rise. From Massachusetts' challenge to federal environmental policy, to Oregon's confrontation over physiSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a main industry group, sought to stave off any dispute between California and the federal government that could split the U.S. car market: “We urge California and the federal government to find a common sense solution that sets continued increases in ve...
Attorneys general from 33 states, including California and New York, filed the complaint in the Northern District of California federal court, claiming Meta violated federal children's online privacy and state consumer protection laws. "Meta has harnessed powerful and unprecedent...
States Sue to Block Federal Reform LawState attorneys general filed two lawsuits in federal courts within minutes of President Barack Obama's signing of the health care reform law on March 23. Both lawsuits claim that the la...