Does The EPA Respect Federalism?

Tulsa Lawyers Chapter

Speaker:

  • Mario Loyola - Senior Fellow, Texas Public Policy Foundation Director, Center for Tenth Amendment Studies 

Speaker:

  • Mario Loyola - Senior Fellow, Texas Public Policy Foundation Director, Center for Tenth Amendment Studies

Mr. Loyola is the founding director of the Center for Tenth Amendment Action, focused on energy and environment, healthcare, and other federalism issues. He previously served in the Pentagon as special assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and on Capitol Hill as counsel for foreign and defense affairs for the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee.

The Supreme Court has long been permissive of such "cooperative federalism" programs in both the regulatory and spending contexts, insisting in New York v. United States (1992) and Printz v. United States (1997) that such programs constitute mere encouragement not rising to the level of coercion or commandeering. But recent fights between the states and the EPA suggest that federal encouragement can be deeply coercive, employing penalties against the state's economy that courts have no doctrine to account for. 

 

5:30-6:00 p.m. - Hors d'oeuvres / Reception
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Presentation and Q&A  

Cost: 
$20 for members 
$25 for non-members 

1 Hour of Oklahoma CLE will be offered. 

Heavy hors d'ouevres will be served. 

Registration: 

Please RSVP by Monday, March 30 at Eventbrite or via email to Adam Doverspike at [email protected]. Payments are accepted via Eventbrite or by cash or check at the door.