Add to ORKGIn the past decade, states across the country have enacted a flood of legislation to resist perceived federal encroachments on their sovereignty. These opposition statutes assume a variety of forms: some, for instance, merely prohibit state officers from assisting in the enforcement of federal law, while others purport to nullify particular federal regulations. In the fields of controlled substances, immigration, and healthcare, among others, state acts of protest have stimulated the national debate and influenced legal obligations in important ways. This Article provides the first comprehensive overview of this nascent state sovereignty movement. It categorizes opposition enactments according to the legal and political purposes they are de...
In debates about the role of federalism in America, much turns on the differences between states. Bu...
Conflict between the enumerated powers of Congress and the reserved powers of the states began early...
Over the last decade states passed hundreds of immigration bills covering a range of policy areas. T...
In the last six years, the American states have been the protagonists of a renewed push for sovereig...
Promoting the rule of the law is a national responsibility. The obligation to ensure legality and ad...
In the past decade, states across the country have enacted a flood of legislation to resist perceive...
State legislatures have been prompted by international tensions of recent years to enact new and str...
The past decade has witnessed the emergence and rapid spread of a new and aggressive form of state p...
In the last six years, the American states have been the protagonists of a renewed push for sovereig...
In discussions about American federalism, it is common to speak of a state government as if it wer...
Immigration is a national issue and a federal responsibility — so why are states so actively involve...
The battle for state rights under the Obama administration was fought mainly in the courts. This wa...
The battle for state rights under the Obama administration was fought mainly in the courts. This wa...
The current debate over the meaning of American federalism bears a striking resemblance to our found...
The past decade has witnessed the emergence and rapid spread of a new and aggressive form of state ...
In debates about the role of federalism in America, much turns on the differences between states. Bu...
Conflict between the enumerated powers of Congress and the reserved powers of the states began early...
Over the last decade states passed hundreds of immigration bills covering a range of policy areas. T...
In the last six years, the American states have been the protagonists of a renewed push for sovereig...
Promoting the rule of the law is a national responsibility. The obligation to ensure legality and ad...
In the past decade, states across the country have enacted a flood of legislation to resist perceive...
State legislatures have been prompted by international tensions of recent years to enact new and str...
The past decade has witnessed the emergence and rapid spread of a new and aggressive form of state p...
In the last six years, the American states have been the protagonists of a renewed push for sovereig...
In discussions about American federalism, it is common to speak of a state government as if it wer...
Immigration is a national issue and a federal responsibility — so why are states so actively involve...
The battle for state rights under the Obama administration was fought mainly in the courts. This wa...
The battle for state rights under the Obama administration was fought mainly in the courts. This wa...
The current debate over the meaning of American federalism bears a striking resemblance to our found...
The past decade has witnessed the emergence and rapid spread of a new and aggressive form of state ...
In debates about the role of federalism in America, much turns on the differences between states. Bu...
Conflict between the enumerated powers of Congress and the reserved powers of the states began early...
Over the last decade states passed hundreds of immigration bills covering a range of policy areas. T...