https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/11/19/trump-order-ai-sue-states/
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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 20, 2025 04:44 AM)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/11/19/trump-order-ai-sue-states/
The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a copy reviewed by The Washington Post and confirmed by a person familiar with the White House effort, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal discussions. But the proposal could conflict with legal limits to presidential power.
The proposed executive order comes after a split among Senate Republicans in July killed a proposal backed by the White House to block all state AI regulation, as part of Trump’s signature tax and immigration law. It foundered after pushback from lawmakers in both parties concerned about the need to protect Americans from potential harms caused by AI. The White House declined to comment for this article.
Worries over the technology’s impact on jobs, potential harms to children and increased electricity prices due to energy consumption by data centers that power AI software are becoming major political issues for lawmakers in both parties. Pew Research Center found in a June survey that 50 percent of Americans are more concerned than excited about increased use of AI in daily life.
The Republican Party has traditionally been vocal about limits to federal power over states, as defined in the U.S. Constitution. If signed by President Donald Trump, the draft executive order would escalate his efforts to force states into line with his priorities during his second term.
The Trump administration has sued several states in recent months, including California over a law that sought to block law enforcement officers from covering their faces, and New York and Vermont over laws that require oil companies to pay toward the cost of climate-related disasters.
The draft AI order would direct the Justice Department to challenge state laws regulating the technology on the grounds that they interfere with interstate commerce. Travis Hall, state director at the nonprofit Center for Democracy & Technology, said the approach appeared to be unconstitutional.
“Preemption is a question for Congress, which they have considered and rejected, and should continue to reject,” Hall said. “This proposal is shocking in its disregard for the democratic processes of state governments in their work to address the real and documented harms arising from AI tools.”
The draft order would establish a federal task force to evaluate existing state laws on AI and identify whether they impinge on freedom of speech. Under the order, the commerce secretary would be directed to withhold federal funding for broadband internet from states identified as having such laws.
Trump and Republican lawmakers have not given up on the idea of using Congress to limit state AI regulation. On Tuesday, the president wrote in a post on his social network Truth Social that the United States should have a single federal standard on AI, and suggested adding it to the defense authorization bill that passed the Senate last month and is now before the House.
“We MUST have one Federal Standard instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes. If we don’t, then China will easily catch us in the AI race,” Trump said.
On Wednesday, some GOP politicians and activists voiced opposition to that proposal. Republican governors Ron DeSantis from Florida and Spencer Cox from Utah both said in posts on X that they oppose efforts to pass a federal preemption.
“Sneaking it into the defense bill is an insult to voters,” DeSantis wrote.
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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 20, 2025 04:59 AM)
I think Republicans going fully mask off and embracing an anti-human, job killing, planet-killing technology may be their downfall. If Democrats can kick out the corporatists in the primaries and run with this message, they'll sweep the midterms and 2028.
What we should be talking about is a UN treaty to regulate AI globally, just as we do with nuclear development. It needs to be out of the hands of the private sector entirely. It's time to ensure that the American people see tangible benefits from all of the scientific research and development our government funds and put a complete stop to corporate welfare.
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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 20, 2025 05:05 AM)
Because we have ancient relics in Washington who need their staffers to help them write an email. It's ****ing insane that we put our future in the hands of people who aren't going to be around to experience it.
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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 20, 2025 05:11 AM)
And they'll gladly steer the ship into an iceberg before they let somebody else take the wheel. The egos on some of these people are unreal. It's time to send them all to the nursing home and make America great again.
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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 20, 2025 05:19 AM)
Pelosi is finally retiring. And McConnell. But it's embarrassing that either of them were around this long.
Look at Ruth Bader Ginsburg… refused to retire from the Supreme Court despite being diagnosed with cancer multiple times and being almost 90 years old. Real shocker when she died and Trump got to pick her replacement
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Booger! — 4 months ago(November 20, 2025 05:22 AM)
And correct me if I'm wrong…but hasn't a moratorium on AI regulation existed since the Biden administration? And no…I'm not but but but bidening you lol.
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sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 20, 2025 05:28 AM)
I'm not sure. Possibly federally. But meddling with the states is something else entirely. Of course, some states are already on board. I posted a video yesterday that mentioned a recent West Virginia state law that would take away much of the power of local governments to restrict new data center construction.
https://www.filmboards.com/board/t/Why-West-Virginia-Is-the-Next-Target-in-Big-Tech%25E2%2580%2599s-Data-Center-Invasion-3599307/
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Booger! — 4 months ago(November 20, 2025 05:38 AM)
I believe I saw this story…not what I like seeing.
It all plays very well into the 2027 conspiracy theory… familiar with that? Not necessarily the feel good story you'd hope for…but probably more on point than we'd like to admit. Check it out if your up for some dystopia -
sheetsadam1 — 4 months ago(November 20, 2025 05:56 AM)
Wasn't Troll Vermin and his bot buddy working on something to address that? Or something about a mouse trap?
Anyway, reading through it, it definitely sounds plausible. The optimist in me thinks this is about to become
the
hot-button issue, with AI maybe even replacing immigrants as the go-to scapegoat for all of our social ills. So I'd expect to see more regulation in the coming years. But if not
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