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Conservative radio host Mark Levin fired back on “Hannity” Thursday at guvs who declare they have the sole power to choose what businesses they can close and what constraints they can place on their populations.
” The guvs have closed down the economy, not the president– the governors have put individuals out of work, not the president,” Levin said. “The guvs have shut businesses, not the president, and several of them are dragging their feet. … These states do not have plenary authorities power when they impact interstate commerce– $2.2 trillion in federal costs to deal with what they have actually done. 22 million individuals applying for unemployment compensation: This has a nationwide ‘interstate’ result.”
The “Life, Liberty & Levin” host described that the Commerce Clause of the Constitution offers Congress the power to “control commerce … among the numerous States” and included that the New Offer era saw Supreme Court rulings that further reinforced the federal executive’s authority over the states.
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“ The debate about federalism was a fake debate and I have actually offered this a great deal of thought,” Levin stated. “This has nothing to do with federalism. The president has more power to order governors, if he selects, to open their economies than individuals believe.
” States have the power to manage commerce within their boundaries, however the Congress under the federal Constitution is the only body that has the power to manage interstate commerce,” Levin went on. ” Guvs, through their dictates and their fiats of what’s necessary and not essential, closing down organisations– that’s the supreme guideline. If it impacts interstate commerce in an extremely unfavorable method, the president can in reality enfore the interstate Commerce Clause of the Constitution, where guvs do not have the power to control interstate commerce.
” The state’s cops powers do not encompass interfering with interstate commerce,” Levin continued. ” The stipulation was explicitly put in the federal Constitution to promote commerce nationwide.”
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” It’s unreasonable to state the president has no power,” the host of the “Mark Levin Program” on radio emphasized.
Levin concluded his point by accusing governors of practicing “one-way federalism.”
” These guvs are a little baffled,” he stated. “They think federalism indicates they have all the power and no responsibility, that they can make whatever decisions they desire and the rest of us have to pay for it. That’s one-way federalism. No such thing exists.”
