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Sonia, What’S A Nice Person Like You Doing In Company Like That, Thomas D. Rowe Jr.
Sonia, What’S A Nice Person Like You Doing In Company Like That, Thomas D. Rowe Jr.
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On The Constitutionality Of Health Care Reform, Barak D. Richman
On The Constitutionality Of Health Care Reform, Barak D. Richman
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This commentary describes the legal challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Collective Action Federalism: A General Theory Of Article I, Section 8, Neil S. Siegel, Robert D. Cooter
Collective Action Federalism: A General Theory Of Article I, Section 8, Neil S. Siegel, Robert D. Cooter
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The Framers of the United States Constitution wrote Article I, Section 8 in order to address some daunting collective action problems facing the young nation. They especially wanted to protect the states from military warfare by foreigners and from commercial warfare against one another. The states acted individually when they needed to act collectively, and Congress lacked power under the Articles of Confederation to address these problems. Section 8 thus authorized Congress to promote the “general Welfare” of the United States by tackling many collective action problems that the states could not solve on their own.
Subsequent interpretations of Section …
What Does It Take To Make A Federal System? On Constitutional Entrenchment, Separate Spheres, And Identity, Ernest A. Young
What Does It Take To Make A Federal System? On Constitutional Entrenchment, Separate Spheres, And Identity, Ernest A. Young
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