"The agreement encroaches on federal power by regulating interstate commerce beyond the jurisdiction of any individual state. And it undermines a core purpose of the Compact Clause -- preventing States from ganging up on other states." Read the op-ed.
"Was this what was promised? Billions of dollars later and more than six years after the tobacco settlement was signed, American taxpayers and consumers deserve an answer. But they won't like it." Read the op-ed.
"This constitutional restraint, of having to vote for taxes, was simply demolished by the MSA, because that agreement took the form of court-approved settlements in each of forty-six states. No elected legislator anywhere had to cast a vote for it." Read the article.
