The new state law, passed in 1995 over the objections of almost every Democratic state legislator, came with an 18-month no-strike clause and made it easier to fire bad or burned-out teachers.

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Rehnquist, did finally strike down another law as violating the Commerce Clause.

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State attorney generals along with their courts may strike down this mandate as unconstitutional based on the commerce clause.

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