Even if it is, someone would have to challenge it who has "standing." And it's not clear whether that would include governors or state legislatures.But as Ronald Rotunda points out in the Chicago Tribune , for the states to accept a lot of that stim money, they must change their constitutions. The feds can't do. But it also points up a good reason why some Republican governors are resisting the stim money; not only would it force changes in their government, it would leave them with obligations after the money runs out that they may not be able to pay for:The aphorism, he who pays the piper calls the tune, is one that Congress understands quite well. If the state accepts funds, it also accepts a host of restrictions. For example, the plan increases, temporarily, the money it sends to states to fund various welfare programs. To receive that money, states have to add thousands of new people to the welfare rolls. In two years, the federal largesse stops, but the new...(Read Full Post)