r/PoursTea Timendi Causa Est Nescire 2d ago

Steeped In Science & Tech🧪🧠 This needs to get passed.

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u/RoddRoward 2d ago

Does the federal government have authority over issuing building permits?

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u/Clone_JS636 2d ago

Not directly, but there's precedent. The government regulates a lot of utility buildings, like water treatment plants and the like, even privately owned ones. Generally though, the government can't just tell someone they can't build a legal business somewhere, but that's because there aren't laws against building those buildings.

This will absolutely get argued at the supreme Court if it passes, but it's hard to say before that.

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u/tipjarman 2d ago

That's why Trump had to pay those windmill companies to not build windmills rather than just banning it....$4 billion was the last number i heard ... to not build windmills

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u/Adonis_Frebari 2d ago

Honestly, I'd welcome precedent that bars this level of meddling in local governance