
As the fateful vote on the Iran deal draws nearer in Congress, support is building for an idea first proposed at Breitbart News: use the states to maintain existing sanctions on Iran, and add new ones.
by Joel B. Pollak31 Aug 2015, 5:23 AM PST0

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told a town hall Sunday evening that U.S. states should continue their Iran sanctions–and impose new ones–to stop the Iranian regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
by Joel B. Pollak9 Aug 2015, 5:41 PM PST0

The States of New York and California have no intention of complying with the Iran deal’s requirement that state and local governments lift their own sanctions against the Iranian regime.
by Joel B. Pollak28 Jul 2015, 5:21 AM PST0

On July 22, Breitbart News was the first to point out that the states have the power to block significant portions of the Iran deal, whether or not it passes Congress. That is because most states have enacted legislation divesting from Iran, and some, like New York, have even harsher legislation that prevents the state from doing business with the regime or with companies that do so. In an op-ed in Monday’s Wall Street Journal, constitutional lawyers David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey agree: the states are “free to impose their own Iran-related sanctions.”
by Joel B. Pollak27 Jul 2015, 5:25 AM PST0