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HELENA, Mont. (April 4, 2021) – On Thursday, the Montana House gave final approval to a bill that would create a mechanism to review presidential executive orders and end state cooperation with enforcement of certain orders determined to violate the U.S. Constitution. This process would set the stage to nullify some executive orders in practice and effect in Montana. Sen. Tom McGillvray (R-Billings) introduced Senate Bill 277 (SB277) on Feb. 25. Under the proposed law, the legislative council...

Stop asking permission where none is required! I wish I could get this message through to Republican state legislators - most of them, that is.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 17, 2021) – Yesterday, the Arkansas Senate passed a bill that would create a mechanism to review presidential executive orders and end state cooperation with enforcement of certain EOs determined to violate the U.S. Constitution. This process could set the stage to nullify some executive orders, but without further action, will have no practical impact in the state. Sen. Trent Garner (R-ElDorado), along with 43 fellow Republicans, introduced Senate Bill 469 (SB469) o...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (March 5, 2021) – Today, the Utah Senate gave final approval to a bill that would create a mechanism to review presidential executive orders and end state cooperation with enforcement of certain orders determined to violate the U.S. Constitution. This process would set the stage to nullify some executive orders in […]

The Montana Senate passed a bill that would create a mechanism to review presidential executive orders and end state cooperation with enforcement of certain orders determined to violate the U.S. Constitution. This process would set the stage to nullify some executive orders in effect in Montana.

Under the proposed law, the legislature would be empowered to review any presidential executive order, federal agency rule, or federal congressional action to determine its constitutionality. Upon recommendation from the legislature, the attorney general would be required to review such action by the federal government to determine the constitutionality of the action and whether the state should seek an exemption from the application of the action or seek to have the action declared unconstituti...

Under the proposed law with an amendment passed today, the state legislature's executive board would be required to review any executive order issued by the President of the United States, "if the order has not been affirmed by a vote of the Congress of the United States and signed into law, as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States."