With the federal government gutting funding of it’s own agencies, we may see more of this.

Federal laws are effective if they’re effectively enforced. If states lose confidence in federal enforcement, it makes sense that they will try to do their own thing, and see if the courts are understaffed and lethargic or able to act.

And if the federal government succeeds in using AI instead of human staff, then all each state will need to do is pass the same law a few different times with slightly different wording to hit the right gap in the AI.

There’s interesting times ahead.