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What's different about this law with similar ones in Wyoming and Montana is that CFLs are included, bypassing any cap&trade law that might be enacted. The federal government will have no say in regulating CFL usage if the bulbs are entirely manufactured from materials made in Arizona
What's different about this law with similar ones in Wyoming and Montana is that CFLs are included, bypassing any cap&trade law that might be enacted. The federal government will have no say in regulating CFL usage if the bulbs are entirely manufactured from materials made in Arizona
"So if a light bulb is manufactured in Arizona with locally blown glass and mined tungsten, is it subject to federal regulations?"
This is disingenuous fantasy. Current constitutional law gives the federal government almost unlimited authority to regulate the manufacture of anything that's bought or sold, whether across state lines or not. This goes back to the 30s and has only been strengthened over the years, even by recent Republican majority courts. This is the same principle that would allow OSHA to regulate worker safety at the Arizona gun plant. There's some question as to the feds' ability to regulate gun possession locally (Lopez decision) but no question they can do so where manufacturing or commerce is concerned.
I wouldn't worry too much about guns made out of sandstone and cactus needles...
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