Add to ORKGIn this historical examination of American federalism, Edward A. Purcell Jr. refutes the widely accepted notion that the founding fathers carefully crafted a constitutional balance of power between the states and the federal government. His argument is based on close analysis of the Constitution’s original structure and the ways that structure both induced and accommodated changes over the centuries. There was no clear agreement among the founding fathers regarding the “true” nature of American federalism, Purcell contends, nor was there a consensus on “correct” lines dividing state and national authority. Furthermore, even had there been some true “original” understanding, the elastic and dynamic nature of the constitutional structure woul...
Debates over the importance of federalism are often obscured by the fact that there is not one, bu...
Brewing tensions between state governments and the federal government have reached a boiling point u...
Although a debate continues to rage in the academy and on the Court about the propriety of originali...
In this historical examination of American federalism, Edward A. Purcell Jr. refutes the widely acce...
American constitutional federalism emerged from a complex matrix comprised by multiple intellectual,...
This article examines the enduring question of the nature of the American federalism and its suppos...
The focus of my project is American Federalism, a cornerstone of American political thought for cent...
This article examines the enduring question of the nature of the American federalism and its suppos...
Book Chapter Barry Cushman, Federalism, in The Cambridge Companion to the United States Constitution...
This article examines the enduring question of the nature of the American federalism and its suppos...
Whether federalism is more than a legal fiction is a question that generates considerable controvers...
The Constitution is an anachronism, 200 years out of date. Although the Bill of Rights is adequate, ...
Book Chapter Barry Cushman, Federalism, in The Cambridge Companion to the United States Constitution...
The Constitution that was crafted in Philadelphia over the spring and summer of 1787 created an inte...
Debates over the importance of federalism are often obscured by the fact that there is not one, bu...
Debates over the importance of federalism are often obscured by the fact that there is not one, bu...
Brewing tensions between state governments and the federal government have reached a boiling point u...
Although a debate continues to rage in the academy and on the Court about the propriety of originali...
In this historical examination of American federalism, Edward A. Purcell Jr. refutes the widely acce...
American constitutional federalism emerged from a complex matrix comprised by multiple intellectual,...
This article examines the enduring question of the nature of the American federalism and its suppos...
The focus of my project is American Federalism, a cornerstone of American political thought for cent...
This article examines the enduring question of the nature of the American federalism and its suppos...
Book Chapter Barry Cushman, Federalism, in The Cambridge Companion to the United States Constitution...
This article examines the enduring question of the nature of the American federalism and its suppos...
Whether federalism is more than a legal fiction is a question that generates considerable controvers...
The Constitution is an anachronism, 200 years out of date. Although the Bill of Rights is adequate, ...
Book Chapter Barry Cushman, Federalism, in The Cambridge Companion to the United States Constitution...
The Constitution that was crafted in Philadelphia over the spring and summer of 1787 created an inte...
Debates over the importance of federalism are often obscured by the fact that there is not one, bu...
Debates over the importance of federalism are often obscured by the fact that there is not one, bu...
Brewing tensions between state governments and the federal government have reached a boiling point u...
Although a debate continues to rage in the academy and on the Court about the propriety of originali...