Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment provides that “the Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or…
American System
The American System was an economic development program that was actuated by Henry Clay of Kentucky. The American System became the cornerstone of the…
Wilson, Woodrow
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) was elected president of the United States in 1912 and again in 1916. Wilson served the full two terms, although…
Clay, Henry
Henry Clay, of Lexington, Kentucky, was a national leader who was one of the founding fathers of the Whig Party and also known as…
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (2009)
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA or “Recovery Act”) was passed in early February of 2009, in the second month of President Obama’s term in…
American Legion, et al. v. American Humanist Association, et al. (2019)
In American Legion, et al. v. American Humanist Association, et al. (2019), the Supreme Court held that a large World War I memorial in…
American Indians and Federalism
A common definition of federalism, contained in the majority of American government, state and local politics, and public administration texts, is the division of…
Executive Orders
The issue of federalism has not always been a high priority for presidents. Few presidents have issued executive orders addressing federalism, let alone executive orders of…
Trump, Donald
Born in Queens, New York on June 14, 1946, Donald Trump was a central figure in the city’s political and social life decades before…
Obama, Barack
Barack Hussein Obama II served as the 44th President of the United States (2009-2017). Barack Obama’s presidency continued and strengthened the trend of executive-federalism…
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)
The Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution provides that the judicial power of the United States does not extend to any lawsuit filed against a…
Reagan, Ronald
President Ronald Reagan’s (1911–2004) importance in the consideration of American federalism is attributable to executive branch policies that diminished the federal government’s funding and…
