Native Americans
The changing face of federalism has been reflected in federal Indian law and policy throughout the history of the United States. Because the framers…
Guarantee Clause
In Article IV, Section 4, the Constitution declares that “[t]he United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of…
Extradition and Rendition
Extradition and rendition refer to the process of returning a person accused of a crime in one state back to the state where the…
Externalities/Spillovers
Externalities are uncompensated third-party effects resulting from the production and/or consumption of goods and services. In other words, an externality results from the gap…
White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) in 1955 upon recommendation from the Kestnbaum Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.…
National Governors’ Association
Founded in 1908, the National Governors’ Association (NGA) is a nonpartisan public officials’ association consisting of the fifty-four sitting governors of the U.S. states…
Executive Branch Organizations
The executive branch is organized around the principal of delivering governmental services that have been assigned to the executive either by the federal or…
State Government
American state governments have primary responsibility for education, economic development, transportation infrastructure, some environmental regulation, and the implementation of income support programs. State agencies…
Public Officials’ Associations
Consistent with Alexis de Tocqueville’s observation that Americans are fond of organizing themselves into a multitude of clubs and other voluntary associations, elected public…
Public Administration
Public administration has been described as the fourth branch of government (the bureaucracy). In many ways public administration is about governance or the capacity…
Wolf v. Colorado (1949)
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
Everson v. Board of Education (1947)
See Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938)
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938) overruled Swift v. Tyson (1842), a decision that construed Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the…
