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Suggested Reading

Banks, Christopher P., and John C. Blakeman. The U.S. Supreme

Court and New Federalism: From the Rehnquist to the Roberts

Court. Lanhan, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012.

Beer, Samuel. To Make a Nation: The Rediscovery of American

Federalism. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993.

Chomsky, Aviva. Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal.

New York: Beacon Press, 2014.

Conlan, Timothy. From New Federalism to Devolution: Twenty-Five

Years of Intergovernmental Reform. Washington, DC: Brookings

Institution, 1998.

Derthick, Martha. Keeping the Compound Republic: Essays on

American Federalism. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution,

2001.

Elkins, Stanley, and Eric McKitrick. The Age of Federalism: The Early

American Republic, 1788–1800. New York: Oxford University

Press, 1993.

LaCroix, Alison L. The Ideological Origins of American Federalism.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010.

Manna, Paul. School’s In: Federalism and the National Education

Agenda. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006.

Nagel, Robert F. The Implosion of American Federalism. New York:

Oxford University Press, 2001.

Ostrom, Elinor. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions

for Collective Action, 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University

Press, 2015.

Peterson, Paul E. The Price of Federalism. Washington, DC: Brookings

Institution, 1995.

Posner, Paul L. The Politics of Unfunded Mandates: Whither

Federalism? Washington, DC: Georgetown University

Press, 1998.

Scheberle, Denise. Federalism and Environmental Policy: Trust

and the Politics of Implementation, 2nd ed. Washington, DC:

Georgetown University Press, 2004.

13. The Court has recently overturned a number of congressional
    laws rooted in the.
    a national supremacy clause
    b reserve clause
    c establishment clause
    d commerce clause
    e free exercise clause

Assessing federalism

Analyze the arguments for and against a strong federal

government. (Pages 94–97)

Summary

Although conservatives have traditionally advocated for states’ rights

and liberals generally prefer a stronger national government, contem-

porary issues do not always fit neatly in this scheme. There are several

reasons that strong state governments are beneficial for our country,

such as the proximity of state and local governments to the citizens;

however, there are also some drawbacks to the federal system, such as

the vastly disproportionate distribution of resources across states.

Practice Quiz Questions

14. Conservatives favor strong rights on same-
    sex marriage and strong rights on providing
    health care.
    a states’; states’
    b states’; federal government
    c federal government; states’
    d federal government; federal government
    e individual; federal government


15. Which of the following is a drawback to strong state power?
    a State governments are often innovators on policy solutions.
    b State governments give citizens more access to politicians
    than does the national government.
    c State governments give citizens several paths to pursue policy
    reform.
    d State governments give different civil rights protections to
    their citizens.
    e States have an equal distribution of resources.

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