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Democracy is when the White House boasts about its king (lemmy.world)

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[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Idk how they can do that. It's a state issue

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[+] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Toll bridges say, fuck off.

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[–] htrayl@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So they move them back 100 feet.

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[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

This is the biggest one when a lot of these state issues come up.

How can the federal govt stop X from happening in Y state?

They can't.

But they can threaten to drop and withhold funding for any of the numerous programs the state gets federal money for.

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[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago*

I think you're under the impression that laws apply to him. Don't be silly

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[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 5 points 2 years ago

In fact NY is suing, as the governor does not believe this to be legal.

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