Utah wants to pick and choose federal laws to ignore. Why that’s not as impossible as it sounds.

A legal analysis from legislative lawyers warns an attempt to push back on the feds could run into constitutional problems

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Utah lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow them to pick and choose which federal regulations they would follow and ignore.

Utah wants to pick and choose federal laws to ignore. Why that’s not as impossible as it sounds.

A legal analysis from legislative lawyers warns an attempt to push back on the feds could run into constitutional problems

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