Ohio Senate Republican Files Resolution Against AI Moratorium
Ohio Sen. Louis Blessing (R) on Wednesday filed a resolution urging Congress to reject further attempts to pass a moratorium on state AI laws.
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Blessing, the lone sponsor of SR-14, issued a statement earlier this month against President Donald Trump’s attempt to block state AI laws through executive order (see 2512150050).
“It is not up to the White House to determine what state laws are good and which are bad,” said Blessing. “Not only is it blatantly unconstitutional, but it’s also deeply insulting.”
“If members of Congress and the state legislatures, as well as SCOTUS, cannot be bothered to push back, or worse, attempt to ratify it in an embarrassing display of obsequiousness, then that is fine,” he continued. “In that case, we should refrain from describing America as a Republic, as it will have clearly ceased to be one.”
He announced the resolution in a statement, saying: “If conservatism is defined today as supporting one’s party to the detriment of the Constitution’s separation of powers, then it has no meaning at all."