It could create incentives for action by conditioning a portion of funds going to states in any future relief packages on states’ adherence to the measures
Why did this not happen? I feel like it isn’t the federalist system in general that are failing us— it’s the leaders of the system. Why did congress not make a playbook and create incentives for states to follow them? This reminds me of how the drinking age became 21 in every state from the funding of the highways.