Anti-Commandeering: An overview of five major Supreme Court cases
By: Mike Maharrey The Supreme Court has long held that states do not have to actively participate in the enforcement or effectuation of federal acts or regulatory programs. James Madison’s ...
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Here’s Why the Feds Can’t Use Federal Funding to Coerce States
By: Mike Maharrey Most people believe that the federal government has an unlimited power to withhold funding to punish state or local governments that refuse to cooperate with its will. ...
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States Don’t Have to Help the Feds
By: Mike Maharrey State and local governments don’t have to help the feds. They don’t have to help them enforce drug laws, or gun laws, or anything in between. And they ...
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Anti-Commandeering: The Top-6 Questions
By: Michael Boldin The most effective way to nullify federal programs is to use James Madison’s advice, “a refusal to cooperate with officers of the Union,” which the Supreme Court has ...
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The Anti-Commandeering Doctrine: An Introduction
By: Mike Maharrey The anti-commandeering doctrine provides a powerful tool to undermine overreaching, unconstitutional federal power. So, what is this doctrine? What is it based upon? And how can it be ...
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