Federal interference in state law is a big thing to avoid. The federal government needs standing to try and interfere. These are all state level powers. Federal government can’t step in until it violates federal statutes which can only cover specific things. The thing that is shocking to me is that it’s antithetical to conservatism. A core principle is allowing the power to be as close to the people as possible. To micromanage local governments like this is just the Republicans coming out and saying they don’t actually believe in small government anymore. They believe in only their own power.
The article has a quote saying it doesn’t remove anything in place by OSHA. I’m guessing OSHA wasn’t as forgiving as some of the local ordinances felt was necessary.
Federal interference in state law is a big thing to avoid. The federal government needs standing to try and interfere. These are all state level powers. Federal government can’t step in until it violates federal statutes which can only cover specific things. The thing that is shocking to me is that it’s antithetical to conservatism. A core principle is allowing the power to be as close to the people as possible. To micromanage local governments like this is just the Republicans coming out and saying they don’t actually believe in small government anymore. They believe in only their own power.
Yeah, but no water breaks sounds like an OSHA violation. It has to be.
The article has a quote saying it doesn’t remove anything in place by OSHA. I’m guessing OSHA wasn’t as forgiving as some of the local ordinances felt was necessary.
Weird, I totally missed that part of the article. I know it’s early, but I didn’t realize I was that tired. I’m going back to re-read now. Thanks.