federalism

Biden’s nasty speech and the nation’s governors 0
- September 13, 2022
Many states have governors with no illusions about this administration, and who understand what its direction is likely to be. If those governors have not begun already to plan for a crisis, they had better start now.
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Why overturning Roe v. Wade causes so much rage 0
- July 6, 2022
For the pure political operative, the truth of a statement or its value as public policy is entirely irrelevant. For the pure political operative, issues are just weapons.
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Defending the Constitution: limits on federal authority 0
- May 22, 2021
A final reason for decentralization is much less widely understood: Political decentralization promotes human progress.
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How states should push back against the Biden administration 0
- March 22, 2021
States can refuse to cooperate with a federal program or enforce an unconstitutional federal law.
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Should we interpret the Constitution so the feds can oversee everything affecting more than one state?0
- November 12, 2019
As the framers did with so many other decisions, in allocating authority between states and federal government they balanced competing values.
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How our Constitution was supposed to work: new evidence comes to light 0
- September 8, 2019
. . . [A]ctivities over which the Constitution granted the federal government little or no jurisdiction [included] social services . . . education, religion, real estate, local businesses, most roads and other infrastructure, nearly all criminal law matters, and most civil court cases.
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