May 14, 2021 · Remember, the Federal mandate allows the Federal government to regulate interstate commerce (the Commerce Clause, which, arguably, can be interpreted broadly). All 50 states have broad laws governing public health emergencies, and virtually all of them have been taking various emergency actions in that vein (lockdowns, masks, vaccines, etc.).

Jan 15, 2023 · Federal employees have Civil Service protections through the Civil Service act, but Trump, at the end of his term, issued Executive Order 13957 that gave the power to involuntarily move civil service employees to a fireable "Schedule F". The legal justification/theory is that the 3 branches of government are supposed to be separate and so a law ...

Feb 23, 2024 · The 10th Amendment to the Constitution limits the power of the Federal government. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. This has undergone many interpretations. Modern interpretations include...

Aug 30, 2020 · The federal government could end the practice of -- or put conditions on -- selling surplus military equipment to local police agencies: The Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) or LESO Program... allows transfer of excess Department of Defense property (equipment) that might otherwise be destroyed to law enforcement agencies across the United States and its …

Oct 22, 2016 · The federal (national) government can make laws, plus each state can make its own laws. In some legal areas, the stricter law wins. In other circumstances, the federal law wins. And in some circumstances, the state law wins. It is not at all uncommon in the United States for the federal government to pass laws to preempt the state laws. This ...

Oct 1, 2013 · The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which ...

Oct 3, 2017 · The Code of Federal Regulations are merely the general and permanent regulations published by executive department and agencies of the Federal Government. This rule making is empowered by "enabling legislation" following acts passed by Congress. In a rule fight between the United States Code and the Code of Federal Regulations, the USC wins.

Feb 13, 2018 · But there are lots of reports of the government spending millions on advertising. According to the report, the federal government obligates, on average, nearly $1 billion a year for advertising and PR contracts. Most of that money goes toward advertising. Another roughly $500 million goes toward salaries for federal public relations employees.

Jun 9, 2015 · In general, no. One reason is that those laws say that federal agencies must do X; for instance, "agency" in FOIA is defined as "each authority of the Government of the United States." Laws regulating what federal agencies must do apply only to federal agencies, because they explicitly say so. Anything beyond that is generally not considered to ...

Jun 19, 2020 · Before 1937, SCOTUS routinely ruled the Federal government lacked such powers (the Marshall court was a bit more willing to grant them, but subsequent ones not so much), directly or indirectly applying the 9th/10th as a rule of construction and leaving such things to …