The Upside-Down Constitution
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674061918 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Federalism: Cartel, or Competition? Michael Greve's meticulous work is persuasive on this vital point: America's founders created a system of competitive federalism, and through time it has been corrupted into a system of cartel federalism. Instead of states checkingthe federal government, they more often collaborate with it to abuse the citizens.The implementation of Obamacare perfectly reflects the corrupt modern view of federalism, where the s. James H. Ruhland said Intemperate, hyperventallating reviewers may want you to think that. Intemperate, hyperventallating reviewers may want you to think that you need a "Law Degree" to understand the Constitution, but the author does have a PhD in government. One should examine the substance of the author's work, not make invidious charges about the author's person and whether he's credentialled in swallowing hole case law as if the SCOTUS is akin to a Pope: infallable to whom we must all defer.This. AUTHOR SEEMS TO LACK A LAW DEGREE???!!! Eric E. Clingan WARNING: Michael S. Greve somehow speaks to the state of our Constitution, but his bio page at the George Mason Law School, DOES NOT LIST HIM AS HAVING A LAW DEGREE. This is amazing because that LAW SCHOOL hired him to teach law students Constitutional Law! I wouldn't buy a book about proper dental care that wasn't written by an educated dentist. Why buy a book about Constitutional Law written by someone who ap
Taking aim at both the progressive heirs of the New Deal and the vocal originalists of our own time, The Upside-Down Constitution explains why the current fiscal crisis will soon compel a fundamental renegotiation of a new federalism grounded in constitutional principles.. Greve traces this inversion from the Constitution’s founding through today, dispelling much received wisdom along the way.The Upside-Down Constitution shows how federalism’s transformation was a response to states’ demands, not an imposition on them. From the nineteenth-century judicial elaboration of a competitive federal order, to the New Deal transformation, to the contemporary Supreme Court’s impoverished understanding of constitutional structure, and the “devolution” in vogue today, Greve describes a trend that will lead to more government and fiscal profligacy, not less. The Constitution’s vision of a federalism in which local, state, and federal government compete to satisfy the preferences of individuals has given way to a coope
Michael S. Greve is the John G. Searle Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
No naive originalist, and no free-form modernist, Greve skillfully shows how the original plan that supported competitive federalism has given way to a misguided New Deal synthesis that works to enrich politicians at all levels of government at the expense of the ordinary individuals whom our Constitution was intended, today as always, to protect. (Jack M. One of those scholars, Michael Greve, argues that promoting federalismin the conventional sense of states' rights or the Tenth Amendmentmay promote a greater quantity and poorer quality of government. (George F. Epstein, author of Design for Liberty)If there is to be a recovery of the Constitution's federalism, it will involve a retreat by the federal courts from the culture wars and, simultaneously, a renewed commitment by them to policing the boundaries of state authority over national commerce. (Ramesh Ponnuru National Review online 201