On the topic of states rights, Donald Trump doesn’t exactly follow the party line. Nearly a year into his second term in office, Trump is again bombarding states’ rights, by deploying federal police to states whose politicians don’t want them there, attacking state-level mail-in ballot initiatives, and laying siege to state climate regulations. His latest move is geared toward state regulation of AI. Given that federal AI regulation is pretty much nonexistent, these laws are basically the last line of defense for kids, who’ve quickly become victims of the tech industry’s AI free-for-all. Put another way, by concentrating the power to regulate AI at the federal level, Trump isn’t simply undermining state’s rights — but actively tipping the scale in favor of big tech corporations at the expense of American workers and their children.