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Dave Yost: “The power to regulate is inherently destructive.”

Featuring: Dave Yost, Republican | Attorney General of Ohio

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joins Hugh to discuss Catholic Charities SCOTUS case

Published February 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 06:39

Oh, yes, the opportunity to taxi. The opportunity to destroy. I'm teaching that tomorrow. And I saw that the opportunity to find religion is the opportunity to destroy religion. The power to regulate is inherently destructive. So I'm hopeful that the Supreme Court is going to issue a clear overruling of Smith, set down a very clean test that is going to restore some coherence to the jurisprudence in this area. (06:39–06:45)

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