Liking the Anti-commandeering part of Tennessee's new law

In the way of background, in Special Session, the Tennessee Legislature passed a bill that should have taken 2-3 weeks, in 2-3 days. The bill addresses federal Crown-19 mandates and is promoted to be as good as Montana’s by some legislators; whereas, others say it was not as good because for every protection against Fed over reach there is an exception that allows the mandate (i.e.: masks, passports). Plus it expires in 2023. Mostly the exceptions are influenced by possible loss of Federal monies. For your reading pleasure, this is the bill: https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/CCRReports/CC9002.pdf.

This post, HOWEVER, is to call to our wise and learned community the " Anti-commandeering" a provision sec. 14-6-101(a)(b)(c). This provision disallows use of public funds or personnel or state property for the implementation, regulation, or enforcement of any federal law, executive order, rule, or regulation that mandates the administration of CVD-19 countermeasure under the federal PREP Act, 42 U.S.C. § 247d-6d. Maybe states should just stop supporting the Fed

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