The Center for the Study of Federalism (CSF) is a nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research and education institution dedicated to supporting and advancing scholarship and public understanding of federal theories, principles, institutions, and processes as practical means of organizing power in free societies.
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Executive Order
Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
See Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) [P.L. 111-148], commonly known as Obamacare, is a federal response to nationwide health care problems in…
Admission of New States
Under the Articles of Confederation, the original 13 states were “admitted” to the union based on what historian Peter Onuf calls the “doctrine of…
Reconstruction
The Civil War is commonly regarded as having split the nineteenth century, and indeed all of American history, in half. The loss of life,…
Louisiana Purchase
Negotiated in Paris during the spring of 1803, the Louisiana Purchase added approximately 828,000 square miles of French territory to the United States. This…
Northwest Ordinance
Griffin v. California
Malloy v. Hogan
Incorporation (Nationalization) of the Bill of Rights
See Nationalization of the Bill of Rights.
State criminal proceedings
Abstention
“Abstention” in the American legal culture occurs when a federal court abstains from exercising jurisdiction in either of two circumstances. First, a federal court…
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