Nathan Newman points out yet
another example of Republican hypocrisy:
It should come as no shock at this point that the Bush administration are complete hypocrits on federalism,
since when it serves rightwing ideology, they stomp on local and state iniatives with abandon.The most recent example is a California law that prohibits companies receiving state funds from diverting
that money to fund anti-union campaigns; they can use their private funds to do so, but they can’t use
public money. Seems eminently reasonable for the state to prevent misue of such funds, but a federal court
has declared that the law is preempted by federal labor law.Now, the National Labor Relations Board has jumped in, with its three Republican appointees voting to file
a legal brief on the appeal opposing the California law — the Democrats took the pro-states rights and
pro-labor position of not doing so.