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Re-Balancing State And Federal Power: Toward A Political Principle Of Subsidiarity In The United States, Jared Bayer
Re-Balancing State And Federal Power: Toward A Political Principle Of Subsidiarity In The United States, Jared Bayer
American University Law Review
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Federalism And Foreign Affairs: How To Remedy Violations Of The Vienna Convention And Obey The U.S. Constitution, Too, Joshua A. Brook
Federalism And Foreign Affairs: How To Remedy Violations Of The Vienna Convention And Obey The U.S. Constitution, Too, Joshua A. Brook
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Note discusses various ways to bring the United States into better compliance with the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations The introduction to this Note discusses how violations of the Vienna Convention are currently treated in the United States. In particular, the introduction discusses the unsuccessful attempts to prevent the execution of Karl and Walter LaGrand, two German nationals sentenced to death in Arizona. The LaGrands were convicted after a violation of their rights under the Vienna Convention because they were not informed without delay of their right to consular notification and assistance. In later appeals, United States courts …
Chevron And Preemption, Nina A. Mendelson
Chevron And Preemption, Nina A. Mendelson
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This Article takes a more functional approach to reconciling preemption doctrine with Chevron when Congress has not expressly delegated preemptive authority to an agency, an approach that considers a variety of concerns, including political accountability, institutional competence, and related concerns. The Article assumes that federalism values, such as ensuring core state regulatory authority and autonomy, are important and can be protected through political processes." It argues that although Congress's "regional structure" might hint at great sensitivity to state concerns, it actually may lead Congress to undervalue some federalism benefits that are more national in nature. Meanwhile, executive agencies generally have …
Getting Spending: How To Replace Clear Statement Rules With Clear Thinking About Conditional Grants Of Federal Funds, Brian Galle
Getting Spending: How To Replace Clear Statement Rules With Clear Thinking About Conditional Grants Of Federal Funds, Brian Galle
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
How much federalism is too much? The answer, of course, depends on whom you ask. It is no surprise, then, that in both judicial and academic debates about the proper balance between national and local power, the fiercest arguments have been fought not over "how much?" (perhaps an impossible question in any event) but "who?" Thus, for each key aspect of national power-for example, the scope of the Commerce and Treaty powers, the Tenth and Fourteenth Amendments, and Congress's ability to subject states to suits for damages by private individuals -- there is an accompanying literature considering who best to …