Assertion: u.s.'s government | /r/CapableOf | encourage state
Facets:
value: through the commerce power
type: MANNER
value: to adopt certain regulations
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote that the federal government can encourage the states to adopt certain regulations through the spending power (e.g. by attaching conditions to the receipt of federal funds, see South Dakota v. Dole,) or through the commerce power (by directly pre-empting state law).