Kestnbaum Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Created on July 10, 1953, by Congress at the urging of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (better known as the…
Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
Suzette Kelo provoked a national controversy over land use when she filed a lawsuit challenging New London, Connecticut’s effort to condemn her home in…
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
In January 1854, Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas introduced a bill to organize and open to white settlement the huge Nebraska territory west of…
Judiciary Act of 1789, Section 25
After the first official& U.S. Congress convened and quickly enacted legislation on the structure of the judicial branch, President George Washington signed the Judiciary…
Abolition
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Interstate Renditions
See "Extradition and Rendition."
Interposition
Interposition is a vital element of the theory of states’ rights constitutionalism, which can be broadly defined as a doctrine seeking to protect the…
Internet Taxes
Sales and use taxes comprise a large portion of the revenues for state and local governments. A sales tax is imposed on the sale…
Municipal Securities / Municipal Bonds
Municipal bonds or municipal securities characterize debt issued in the capital markets by state and local governments to fund various capital infrastructure projects such…
Interest-Group System
An “interest group system” refers to the totality of organized interests in a larger political system. Each state government, many local governments, and the federal government…
Identity Politics in the Federal System
Identity politics link the identities of a particular group of people with the political wants and needs of that group. Rather than coming together…
