Eric Darnley SmallNov 20
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
White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations

The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.

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BrewminateAug 18, 2025

🥃⚖️ From whiskey to habeas corpus, the first presidents tested the reach of federal authority.

These struggles forged the balance of liberty and power in the republic’s earliest days.

#FederalPower #History #AmericanDemocracy #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/from-whiskey-to-habeas-corpus-early-presidents-and-the-pursuit-of-federal-power/

Early Presidents and Federal Police Power

From Washington to Lincoln, presidents stretched federal authority over law and order in moments of crisis.

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GBS Media ProJun 18, 2025

🚨 4,000 National Guard troops + 700 Marines are being deployed to Los Angeles to protect federal property during protests — without Gov. Newsom’s consent.

Legal battles are brewing, and the nation is watching.
https://bluewaterhealthyliving.com/news/us-politics/explainer-what-are-us-troops-doing-in-los-angeles/
#GBSMedia #LosAngeles #NationalGuard #Trump #FederalPower #ProtestResponse #ConstitutionalCrisis

Explainer-What are US troops doing in Los Angeles?

US Politics - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has said it is going to deploy 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los

Blue Water Healthy Living
Show threadNonilexAug 23, 2024

#Texas & 15 other #Republican-led states sued the #Biden admin on Friday seeking to halt a new program that could give #legal status to hundreds of thousands of #undocumented #immigrants who are #married to #UScitizens.

Filed just days after the program opened for applications, the lawsuit is the latest in a string of legal actions Texas has led challenging federal #immigration policies & #FederalPower.

#racism #WhiteNationalism #Republicans #FamilySeparation

#law #VoteBlue #families

Show threadNonilexMar 20, 2024

President Andrés Manuel #LópezObrador [#AMLO] of #Mexico … has also called on the #UnitedStates to suspend #sanctions against #Venezuela & lift the blockade against #Cuba, saying that such measures would reduce #migration flows from those countries. And he has called proposals to build walls or close the #border as “electoral propaganda.”

#immigration #law #SCOTUS #FederalPower

Show threadNonilexMar 20, 2024

…While #Mexico has served as the #UnitedStates’ #immigration enforcer, often discouraging migrants from massing at the #border, the country has also publicly pushed for two key policies to address the root causes that force people out of their home countries — such as #poverty, #violence, #inequality & #ClimateChange — & expand regular pathways for #migration.

#SCOTUS #law #FederalPower

Connecticut Law ReviewOct 6, 2023

Prof. Torres states #HaalandvBrackeen is a case about #federalpower and quotes Justice Amy Coney Barrett's opinion, "It is plenary within its sphere, but even a sizeable sphere has borders."

#Brackeen #ICWA #lawfedi
#legalscholarship
#lawprof