You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations… until they were all litigated out.
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Imagine a country with 50 different states, each with its own set of rules and regulations. It would be like a big mess, with everyone following different laws. Eventually, all these different rules would end up being argued about in court until they were all sorted out and made the same throughout the country.
About Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia was an influential American jurist who served as a Supreme Court justice from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was known for his conservative jurisprudence and played a key role in the originalist and textualist movements in American law. Scalia received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018, and a law school was named after him.
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 to 2016
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 to 2016
Why can’t the state accede to the public’s wishes?
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