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State Police Powers and the Founders’ Constitutionalism

March 23, 2020
Phillip Munoz and Alan Tarr

Alan, I just read this paragraph in this essay by David French: "The states, by contrast, possess a general police power—an inherent authority that is then limited by both the state and federal Constitution. A governor or state legislature can often act without a specific grant of power. The power to act is presumed, absent a specific limitation." [...]

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