The Upside-Down Constitution / Michael S. Greve.
Greve, Michael S., author.
2012
KF4600
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Title The Upside-Down Constitution / Michael S. Greve.
Author Greve, Michael S., author.
ISBN 9780674063228
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674063228
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (528 p.) : 3 graphs, 6 tables
Item Number 10.4159/harvard.9780674063228 doi
Call Number KF4600
Dewey Decimal Classification 342.73042
Summary Over the course of the nation's history, the Constitution has been turned upside-down, Michael Greve argues in this provocative book. 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 cooperative, cartelized federalism that enables interest groups to leverage power at every level for their own benefit. 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. 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.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
Part one. FOUNDATIONS
Part two. COMPETITIVE FEDERALISM
Part three. TRANSFORMATION
Part four. OUR FEDERALISM
Part five. THE STATE OF OUR FEDERALISM
Appendix: Constitutional Structure: Powers and Prohibitions
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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