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Can the federal government make a city pass a leash law? [Updated]

February 02, 2015 | By JONATHAN WOOD

The obvious answer must be no, right? Setting aside the absurdity of a town’s leash law being a federal issue, the Constitution forbids the federal government from commandeering state and local governments. In New York v. United States and Printz v. United States, the Supreme Court explained that this anti-commandeering principle forbids the ...