Tony Schick
2025.12.02
85% relevant
Both stories show a common tactic: the federal executive uses grant or fund conditions and administrative guidance to reshape subnational behavior (Education Dept. guidance blocking work‑study voter drives; DHS conditioning counterterrorism grants on ICE cooperation). The Oregon case supplies a new, high‑stakes example with $18M, a disabled grant‑accept button, and follow‑on litigation that maps onto the same institutional lever — federal money as a policy cudgel.