It doesn’t stop them, but it would have extended federal protection and forcibly legalized it in all states.
Such legislation would have had to been overturned either by the Supreme Court (typically after it makes it’s way up the court chain), or by new legislation being passed to annul it.
One could argue that since it only requires a simple majority to do either action (to my knowledge), conservatives would have easily undone it multiple times in that span as well; but I would posit that the risk of someone undoing a good act is not a reason to not attempt it at all.
It doesn’t stop them, but it would have extended federal protection and forcibly legalized it in all states.
Such legislation would have had to been overturned either by the Supreme Court (typically after it makes it’s way up the court chain), or by new legislation being passed to annul it.
One could argue that since it only requires a simple majority to do either action (to my knowledge), conservatives would have easily undone it multiple times in that span as well; but I would posit that the risk of someone undoing a good act is not a reason to not attempt it at all.