... assaults on commercial liberties. Both parties like power; and neither is interested in your freedoms. To me federalism means that New York and California are welcome to have their permanent democratic majorities – ... at some point). If you want to support diversity then support true federalism. Whether you choose to do that in the Republican party like me or in the Democratic party I will ...

... should be for federal crimes committed in New York. That's not to say there aren't federalism concerns implicated here.  There certainly are--just not in this particular case.  In contrasting the case ... the feds don't impose the death penalty?  The offense to federalism is the fact of federal involvement in such cases, not the punishment sought.  The federalization ...

... Angeles - School of Law) has posted Free Speech Federalism (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 108, 2009) ... actor who adopts the law. The reasons for this “free speech federalism” and the implications of this phenomenon for constitutional adjudication are explored. And ... and local laws almost always fail. This free speech federalism is likely attributable to some combination of federal courts deferring to ...

... health care, where massive amounts of legislation have recently been required to enact reform. But Federalism has endured for good reason. The Federalist approach has led to fifty discrete systems ... , and ensuring that students are prepared for success in college and careers." While Federalism may struggle in some areas where centralized government more readily succeeds, its ability to focus ...

Hugo Cyr (Université du Québec à Montréal - Law) has published Canadian Federalism and Treaty Powers: Organic Constitutionalism at Work (Peter Lang 2009). Here's the abstract: With the increased mobility and interdependence brought on by globalisation, governments can no longer deal effectively with what were traditionally regarded as "domestic issues" unless they cooperate ...

... , have been chosen by the European Union's 27 elected national governments. Why, they complain, were Europe's voters not given a direct say in who filled the post? There's a word for that: federalism. *** Martin Kettle has a more incisive analysis of the post-Lisbon EU in The Guardian. When it came down to it last night, the EU's 27 member states opted for the quiet life not ...