Schier Comments on Potential Clash Over Healthcare Bill in Christian Science Monitor
Steven Schier, the Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, commented on the possibility of a showdown between state attorneys general and governors over the newly-passed federal health-care bill in the March 23 edition of the Christian Science Monitor. “State attorneys general are constitutionally independent state officers and have autonomy in their decisions to take action on behalf of their states,” Schier says. He says the same thing could happen elsewhere, such as in California, but that given Jerry Brown’s support for the healthcare legislation, “that seems unlikely.”
Steven Schier, the Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor of Political Science, commented on the possibility of a showdown between state attorneys general and governors over the newly-passed federal health-care bill in the March 23 edition of the Christian Science Monitor. “State attorneys general are constitutionally independent state officers and have autonomy in their decisions to take action on behalf of their states,” Schier says. He says the same thing could happen elsewhere, such as in California, but that given Jerry Brown’s support for the healthcare legislation, “that seems unlikely.”