State legislatures, except as constrained by their state constitutions or as prohibited by the US Constitution, may have some limitations. But except as those limitations are found either in their state constitution or in the U.S. constitution, State governments are free in our system to legislate on whatever they want just because it might be good policy. But not all good policy is constitutional within the federal system because there are a whole lot of things that are not within our power. (34:42–34:49)
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Asserts that state governments have broad legislative powers.
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