The authority to raise and spend money is one of the most expansive and fundamental of all Congress\u27 enumerated powers, particularly when Congress chooses to impose conditions on those who wish to receive its cash. The consensus modern view of this conditional spending is that its unfettered use threatens the diversity and accountability goals of our federalism. As a result, nearly all commentators support either direct or indirect judge-made limits on conditional spending. These claims, I argue, rest on a set of largely unexamined assumptions about the political motivations, budgetary situation, and incentives of the state officials who must decide whether or not to accept federal offers. Thus, this Article attempts to begin a truly in-...
When implementing policy, Congress can choose to allocate grants to state governments as grant aid, ...
From the rise of the New Deal through the constitutional litigation over the Affordable Care Act (AC...
Recent empirical literature has shown that the determination of intergovernmental grants is highly i...
The authority to raise and spend money is one of the most expansive and fundamental of all Congress\...
Recent years have been marked by high-profile refusals of federal grant aid by state governments. Th...
Although interactions between federal and state taxes and spending programs are becoming increasingl...
Researchers have struggled to understand why federal block grants, contrary to economic theory, have...
This article contends that federal agencies ought more frequently to use the threat of cutting off f...
Recent empirical literature has shown that the determination of intergovernmental grants is highly i...
State governments have considerable discretion regarding when they use federal grants to deliver goo...
How much federalism is too much? The answer, of course, depends on whom you ask. It is no surprise, ...
This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of the allocation of the US federal budget to t...
As a rule, American states try to maximize their share of federal funds. This study addresses an unu...
Under Pennhurst, a court may conclude that Congress has imposed a condition on the grant of federal ...
In this Article, Professor Rosenthal notes that the federal spending power is an important tool for ...
When implementing policy, Congress can choose to allocate grants to state governments as grant aid, ...
From the rise of the New Deal through the constitutional litigation over the Affordable Care Act (AC...
Recent empirical literature has shown that the determination of intergovernmental grants is highly i...
The authority to raise and spend money is one of the most expansive and fundamental of all Congress\...
Recent years have been marked by high-profile refusals of federal grant aid by state governments. Th...
Although interactions between federal and state taxes and spending programs are becoming increasingl...
Researchers have struggled to understand why federal block grants, contrary to economic theory, have...
This article contends that federal agencies ought more frequently to use the threat of cutting off f...
Recent empirical literature has shown that the determination of intergovernmental grants is highly i...
State governments have considerable discretion regarding when they use federal grants to deliver goo...
How much federalism is too much? The answer, of course, depends on whom you ask. It is no surprise, ...
This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of the allocation of the US federal budget to t...
As a rule, American states try to maximize their share of federal funds. This study addresses an unu...
Under Pennhurst, a court may conclude that Congress has imposed a condition on the grant of federal ...
In this Article, Professor Rosenthal notes that the federal spending power is an important tool for ...
When implementing policy, Congress can choose to allocate grants to state governments as grant aid, ...
From the rise of the New Deal through the constitutional litigation over the Affordable Care Act (AC...
Recent empirical literature has shown that the determination of intergovernmental grants is highly i...