Category: Federal-State Relations

ESG Endangering America’s Farms and Your Food: State Treasurers

November 14, 2022
agricultureBusiness & Marketscongressconstitutional rightsDefending Americaeconomic policieseconomyenergyEnvironmentESGfarmFeatured TopicsFederal-State RelationsfertilizerGold and CommoditiesinflationInvestmentMarketsPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsRepublicansSciencestocksUSUS News
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The latest threat to farming can be identified in three familiar letters. State treasurers at the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) told The Epoch Times on Nov. 14 that the United States’ agricultural base could be jeopardized by the top-down push for environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) scoring. “It’s a real threat,” Nebraska State…

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Indiana Tells Supreme Court That Nursing Home Patient on Medicaid Had No Right to Sue Over Mistreatment

November 8, 2022
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The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Nov. 8 of an Indiana-based government health care provider’s argument that the family of a Medicaid-eligible nursing home patient was barred by federal law from suing to enforce the man’s legal rights. Some legal commentators say if the provider wins, Medicaid patients will lose the ability to enforce Medicaid treatment…

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Long Arm of Bureaucracy Causing Trouble For Farmers in the State of Jefferson

November 8, 2022
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If you look carefully, you’ll spot it all over the place in rural Siskiyou County, California—on flags, on banners, and even on bumper stickers. Two ‘Xs’ in a yellow circle symbolize what supporters see as the double-crossing governments of Oregon and California. Words encircle the double-crosses: “The Great Seal of State of Jefferson.” The movement…

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Indian Tribe’s Bid to Access Water From the Colorado River

November 4, 2022
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The Supreme Court agreed Nov. 4 to hear a dispute about whether an Indian tribe has the right to draw water from the Colorado River. The case pits the Navajo Nation, a large Indian reservation occupying territory in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, against the states of Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, the Metropolitan Water District of…

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Former British Politician Criticizes Media’s Framing of Jackson, Mississippi, Water Crisis

October 30, 2022
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As the finger-pointing over what caused the summer water crisis continues in Jackson, Mississippi, a proponent of the free market and individual liberty examines how local and national media coverage concocted two culprits—racism and climate change—to fit a narrative disparaging to the state while downplaying what he said is the true cause: incompetence. For Douglas…

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Federal Judge Grants Alabama Conservative Nonprofit’s Motion to Quash ‘Overly Broad, Unduly Burdensome’ DOJ Subpoena

October 29, 2022
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A federal judge has granted an Alabama conservative nonprofit’s motion to quash a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoena that demanded all information related to the nonprofit’s efforts to promote a bill prohibiting puberty blockers and gender-reassignment surgery on people under 19 years of age. The Eagle Forum of Alabama filed the motion in U.S….

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Oklahoma Attorney General Sues Biden Admin Over Refusal to Transfer Death Row Inmate to State Custody

October 28, 2022
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The state of Oklahoma is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons over the bureau’s refusal to transfer a death row inmate set to be executed in December into Oklahoma’s custody. John Hanson, 58, was sentenced to death in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, for the 1999 murders of Mary Bowles, 77, and Jerald Thurman, 44. His death sentence was…

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Biden Administration Tells Arizona Using Shipping Containers to Plug Gaps in Border Wall Is Illegal

October 18, 2022
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Using shipping containers to plug gaps in the U.S.–Mexico border wall violates federal law, a Biden administration official told top Arizona officials in a recent letter. “The unauthorized placement of those containers constitutes a violation of federal law and is a trespass against the United States,” Jacklynn Gould, a regional director for the U.S. Bureau…

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Tennessee’s New AG: Good for the State, Great for the Country

October 14, 2022
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Commentary Don’t confuse states’ attorneys general—who can be good, especially in red states—with the George Soros-backed big city DAs dominating those cities and helping turn them into crime-ridden hellholes. Encourage those red-state AGs, because they can be our saviors—at least to some extent. Unfortunately, they are limited in what they can do in the ever…

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Judge Rules Federal Ban on Guns With Removed Serial Numbers Is Unconstitutional

October 14, 2022
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A judge has ruled that a federal law banning guns that have had their serial numbers removed is unconstitutional. The law at issue prohibits any person from transporting a gun with the serial number “altered, obliterated, or removed,” across state lines. It also prohibits them from possessing such a gun if it has ever been transported across…

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