Arizona Rejects Restrictions on Governor's Emergency Powers
The ballot initiative would have put guardrails on the abuse of power from governors who declared states of emergency.
The ballot initiative would have put guardrails on the abuse of power from governors who declared states of emergency.
Due to persistent glitches in the financial aid form, Gov. Jim Justice issued an executive order lifting the FAFSA requirement for several state grants.
Let's just call this what it is: another gimmick for Congress to escape its own budget limits and avoid having a conversation about tradeoffs.
Despite their informal nature, those norms have historically constrained U.S. fiscal policy. But they're eroding.
And it isn't the first time.
Lawmakers can take small steps that are uncontroversial and bipartisan to jumpstart the fiscal stability process.
Years ago, when interest rates were low, calls for the federal government to exercise fiscal restraint were dismissed. That was unwise.
The governor's attempt to rule by decree provoked widespread condemnation instead of the applause she was expecting.
No response to authoritarian government actions is quicker or more reliable than non-compliance.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham thinks violent crime gives her a license to rule by decree.
A new national emergency declaration will allow for the creation of an outbound investment screening system targeting Americans' investments in China.
The Court ruled the plan is illegal, and that at least one plaintiff (the state of Missouri) has standing.
Legislators from both parties worry about unilateral power, but they use it when it’s convenient.
The stunt comes days after Justice Gorsuch warned of officials addicted to emergency decrees.
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch highlights a vital lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country," Gorsuch wrote. That might be an exaggeration, but it isn't far off.
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Title 42 expulsions caused great harm for very little benefit. Biden plans to replace them with a combination of policies, some good and some very bad.
Here are three people whose record on COVID-19 shouldn't be forgotten.
It's been over for most Americans for a long time already.
The president signed a Republican-sponsored resolution ending the national emergency declared by President Donald Trump.
Officials used the crisis to impose policies they already supported but couldn't get through the normal legislative process, like bans on evictions.
The message of the hit new series cuts across conventional ideological lines - and features a highly skeptical view of government.
The justices seem to be clearly leaning against the Biden Administration on the merits. The procedural issue of standing is a closer call, though ultimately more likely than not to come out the same way.
It's less bad than Trump-era efforts along the same lines. But saying that is damning with faint praise.
The article explains the broader issues at stake in these cases, and why the Court would do well to rule against the administration.
If so, Title 42 expulsions might finally end. But it's not a done deal yet.
The Biden Administration suggests that the Title 42 case before the Supreme Court will be moot before it is decided.
The panelists included Elizabeth Goitein (Brennan Center, NYU), Daniel Dew (Pacific Legal Foundation), and myself.
The lack of statutory authority is the main issue raised by legal challenges to the plan.
The governor made these claims on Monday while also putting a February 2023 end date on the state's emergency public health order.
But Biden can't forgive billions of dollars in student loans if the COVID-19 national emergency is over.
Gov. Jay Inslee says Washington state's COVID-19 emergency will finally come to an end on October 31.
Like Trump's policy, it's an illegal usurpation of Congress' power of the purse under a dubious emergency power pretext.
Florida landlords and realtors argue that Orange County is abusing its emergency powers.
Several dozen NYC residents want to repeal the regulations allowing outdoor dining in the city.
They're trying to pressure the federal government into getting organized about vaccines.
But does not declare that it is a "national emergency."
If the National Emergencies Act goes without reform, presidents will continue to misuse emergency declarations as leverage to shift Congress.
Higher egg prices are not a crisis in the middle of a pandemic full of supply problems.
Then why even have a legislature?
The governor signed a bill in May limiting the power of state and local officials to impose emergency public health orders.
The bill is the most far-reaching recent proposal of its kind.
New York's new law seems to conflict with a federal statute that protects manufacturers and dealers from liability for gun crimes.
The COVID-19 pandemic showed the dangers of letting governors unilaterally, dramatically, and indefinitely magnify their own powers.
The state is scheduled to ease its lockdowns on June 15. But Newsom still wants the power to control the terms.
Voters in Pittsburgh banned no-knock police raids and solitary confinement too.
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