Suncor and ExxonMobil argue that climate change should be handled by the federal government, not individual states

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Amending Tennessee's constitution requires a majority vote in one legislative session, a supermajority vote in a second session, and majority approval among gubernatorial voters

Under the United States Constitution, individual states hold primary authority over conducting elections under laws enacted by Congress

Elections in the United States are administered by state and local authorities rather than the federal government

Colorado became the first United States state to legalize recreational cannabis in 2012

The State of Alaska distributes yearly monetary dividends to eligible residents from the Alaska Permanent Fund

The United States Constitution prohibits individual states from passing laws that impair the obligation of contracts

Robert Moses held government positions that were divided between mayoral appointments in New York City and gubernatorial appointments in New York State

Robert Moses held overlapping public offices that were divided between mayoral and gubernatorial appointment jurisdiction

A 2024 Northern California federal court ruling in Bartz v. Anthropic revealed Anthropic's internal project to destructively scan physical books for artificial intelligence training

Generating artificial intelligence child sexual abuse material independently can result in federal charges for production

Federal criminal cases explicitly identifying artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse material rose from two in 2022 to 40 in 2025

A New Mexico state judge ordered Meta to pay the state $25 billion

The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator scheduled the release of a research paper evaluating artificial intelligence oversight under a public utility regulatory framework

In 2025, Disney initiated legal action against Character AI over the unauthorized inclusion of copyrighted characters on the platform

In the Suncor case, oil companies argued the U.S. Constitution limits states' ability to use tort law to address climate change harms

The oil companies' arguments in the Suncor case invert traditional federalism by seeking to limit states' police powers

States traditionally have the power to protect their citizens from harm through tort law under their state police powers

The belief that the U.S. Congress will not act on AI regulation is shifting to an expectation of action after the next election

There is a possibility of bipartisan support for AI regulation in the U.S. Congress

The consensus at the Curve conference was that government intervention in AI is expected