The Tenth Amendment and State Sovereignty: Constitutional History and Contemporary Issues

Killenbeck, Mark Robert (Editor)/ Leuchtenburg, Willaim E. (Contributor)/ Rakove, Jack N. (Contributor)/ Yoo, John Choon (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 0742518809 / ISBN 13: 9780742518803

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 2001

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198 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tenth Amendment and State Sovereignty: Constitutional History and Contemporary Issues
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742518809
• ISBN 13: 9780742518803
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.28 kilograms

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Synopsis

In the wake of the 2000 Election, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the American states has become more important. Once derided by the Court as a 'truism,' the Tenth Amendment has in recent years been transformed from a neglected provision into a vital 'first principle.' As such, it has provided the foundation for a series of decisions in which the Supreme Court has elevated the status of the states, often at the expense of federal power and in the face of previously settled assumptions. In this important volume, four prominent scholars-two historians and two law professors-examine carefully one of the central tenets in the Court's recent Tenth Amendment jurisprudence: the assumption that the results fashioned by a narrow majority are compelled by history and consistent with the intentions of the framers. They shed important new light on a series of decisions that mark a major change in our thinking about the nature of a constitutional system within which both the federal government and the states properly regard themselves as soverign entities.

About the Author

Mark R. Killenbeck is Wylie H. Davis Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas.