Saturday, July 2, 2011

New protection of state laws draws criticism - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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A May 20 memo from Obama also directed agencies to review regulations issuexd during the past 10 years to see if theycontainexd pre-emptions that are not justified. If they do, agencies shouldx consider amending the thememo stated. “Pre-emption of state law by executivd departments and agencies should be undertaken only with full consideration of the legitimate prerogatived of the states and with a sufficient legalo basisfor pre-emption,” the memo During the Bush administration, agencies sometimes included pre-emptioh language in the preambles of regulations.
Obama’s policy against federal pre-emption of state laws will result in more lawsuitesagainst businesses, particularly in product liability, according to the and the . “Manufactureras sell products into anational market, and a singlee … standard helps ensure predictable treatment in the said NAM Vice President Rosario “It’s unwise to replace a regulatoryu system based on objective science and agency expertsz with a 50-state patchwork of often arbitrary jury Lisa Rickard, president of the U.S. Cham­be r Institute for Legal said the memo was a giftto lawyers.
“Removing pre-emption runs completely counte r to the goal of stabilizing the econom y and growing jobs except for those in thelawsuit business,” Rickard said. The , formerly the , praisedx Obama’s memo. It “makezs clear that the rule of law will once againh prevail over the ruleof politics,” said association Presideng Les Weisbrod. “The memo overturned actions … to reinterpret congressionakl legislation and undermine the constitutional systemk of checksand balances.

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