Webster-Hayne Debate
The January 1830 exchanges between Senators Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts were part of a larger discussion over…
Timbs v. Indiana (2019)
In Timbs v. Indiana (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause applies not only to the federal government…
Wheare, Kenneth Clinton
K. C. Wheare (March 26, 1907--September 7, 1979) can be regarded as the “dean” of modern comparative federalism research. His 1946 book, Federal Government,…
Taft-Hartley Act
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 amended much of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act of 1935, the federal law regulating labor relations in interstate…
Stream of Commerce
With respect to the Commerce Clause, the “stream of commerce” concept appeared in a 1922 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Stafford v. Wallace, which continued…
Wallace, George C.
A four-time governor of Alabama and four-time presidential candidate, George C. Wallace (1919–98) represented segregationist views during the 1950's and 1960's regarding federal intervention…
Civil Rights Act of 1965
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State Mandates
A state mandate is any action by a state legislature or governor that requires another branch or lower level of government to use its…
Spending Power
Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution entrusts Congress with the spending power. It reads, “The Congress shall have Power . . .…
Southern Railway Company v. Reid (1912)
Southern Railway Company v. Reid (1912) is an early preemption case in which the Supreme Court invalidated a North Carolina statute requiring common carriers…
Shreveport Rate Case
The Shreveport Rate Case (1914)—officially known as Houston, East and West Texas Railway v. United States—permitted the Interstate Commerce Commission to control intrastate railway…
