Federal Constitutionalism: State Legislatures in Constitutional Politics (Law, Courts and Politics)
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 041583239X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorBradley D. Hays is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Union College.
These resolutions help rally popular and political resistance and, when successful, alter the wider political environment and constitutional culture. In so doing, it provides much needed insight into state involvement in political constitutionalism.. State legislatures regularly and recurrently affect constitutional meaning. Despite the obvious importance of federalism to American constitutionalism, little is known about the political influence of states in defining the American constitutional order. Through analysis of colonial practices, early American political thought, and case studies of state response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, the embargo crisis, federal spending on internal improvements, the national tariff, civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s, the USA PATRIOT Act, the REAL ID Act, and others, Federal Constitutionalism raises and answers the following questions: What
Bradley D. Hays is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Union College.