When the controversial natural gas drilling technique also known as "fracking" was banned in Longmont in 2012, the state sued the town claiming that the city's oil and gas regulations illegally overstepped the state's authority to regulate the industry.
That same law gives it the authority to regulate the payday industry.
Indeed, Congress has expressly removed federal agency authority to regulate the activity, making its intent clear.
States have the authority to regulate the planting or importing of GM crops.
The bill would also ban candy-flavored cigarettes and give the F.D.A. authority to regulate the content of tobacco products.
Under FIFRA, the EPA has the authority to regulate the development, sale, distribution, use, storage, and disposal of pesticides.
And Congress's sweeping authority to regulate the nation's economy, they add, has been clear since the 1930s.
But Mr. Bogstead said the county already has the authority to establish a county taxi and limousine commission with authority to regulate the industry and fine illegal companies.
The FCC is currently redrawing its rules after a series of legal challenges from cable and telecoms companies undermined its authority to regulate the internet.
In particular, the proposal affirms the Bush administration's view that "states do not have the authority to regulate the marketing" of private Medicare plans.
A second Supreme Court decision rejected the agency's contention that it had no authority to regulate the greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
