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Will Uncooperative Federalism Survive Nfib?, Abigail Moncrieff, Jonathan Dinerstein
Will Uncooperative Federalism Survive Nfib?, Abigail Moncrieff, Jonathan Dinerstein
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In October Term 2012, the Supreme Court decided two cases that are fundamentally at odds: NFIB v. Sebelius and Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California. In NFIB, the Court held that the federal government, at least under some circumstances, may not use the threat of reduced funding in cooperative federalism programs to require states to comply with federal statutory requirements. In Douglas, however, the Court indicated that private litigants should sue federal agencies under the Administrative Procedure Act if those agencies refuse to enforce federal statutory requirements against the states. The problem is that the withdrawal of funding …