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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