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I would suggest: “Limited and competent government amendment” or “Freedom in Federalism Amendment” or other brief amendment title that people can rally around.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010
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Federalism is more frequently subverted than overcome by frontal regulatory assault.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010
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“Federalism is dead, Congress can do whatever it wants, no one respects the Constitution, Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Inaccurate legal claim from the Democratic Governors Association 2010
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Federalism is like a form of meta-libertarianism, being libertarian about whether others have to implement libertarianism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why do Libertarians Like Federalism? 2010
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Many people at the time thought that Morrison and a similar case called US v. Lopez were heralding a revolution in Federalism, and that the Supreme Court was going to tightly clamp down on statutes where Constitutional authority for Congress to pass them was questionable.
Supreme Court Preview: US v. Comstock | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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Federalism is nice, but it really falls apart when issues cross state borders.
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Federalism is effectively dead, and Congress can do pretty much anything itwants.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Inaccurate legal claim from the Democratic Governors Association 2010
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Federalism is like a form of meta-libertarianism, being libertarian about whether others have to implement libertarianism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why do Libertarians Like Federalism? 2010
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This is spelled out in the idea of Federalism, which is used to describe a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments.
Pennsylvania Is Ground Zero for Passage of Single Payer 2009
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Freyer, Harmony and Dissonance: The Swift & Erie Cases in American Federalism 1981; on other efforts by the federal courts in this direction, see Tony A.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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