Question of Sovereignty, A: Changing Expectations of the Federal Government
The national outlook towards government and what we expect from it has changed. Many areas once assumed to be the purview of state or local governments, like pollution control, now have federal and international dimensions. In tight budget situation...
Rights of the Accused: Due Process as Protection for Disadvantaged Minorities
Most of the major advancements in due process protections coincided with the civil rights movement of the sixties. The Warren Court viewed the Constitution as a living evolving document, gaining moral authority on race issues in the 1950s and 1960s....
Rights of the Accused: Search and Seizure Protections
The Constitution only provides protections of the criminal process in the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. The most controversial element of the Fourth Amendment is the exclusionary rule which applies to objects obtained by search and seizure. A court w...
Question of Sovereignty, A: Perspectives on Federalism
Federalism, quips Jack Rakove, is the one topic in the history of political science that is the toughest to make sense of. Other noted political scientists add their perspectives on the federalist system, talking about the efficiencies and inefficie...
Question of Sovereignty, A: Competition between Levels of Government
While the responsibilities of government have increased overall, states have retained most of their traditional authority. The fact that city and state politics generally has more to do with individual lives than the national government confirms for...
Question of Sovereignty, A: Cooperative Federalism Abandoned in Fight Against Segregation
Each new administration renegotiates the tightrope between national and state jurisdiction. Many of the important programs of the New Deal were intergovernmental in nature, what is often called cooperative federalism The federal government provided ...
Question of Sovereignty, A: Court Tightens Congressional Latitude in Use of the Commerce Clause
In recent years, the freedom Congress once had in using the commerce clause to justify federal action has again come under the Supreme Court's scrutiny. During the era of the Rehnquist Court, for example, the court overturned the Gun-Free School Zon...
Restless Society: Great Society: Assault on Poverty in U.S, The.
Johnson expands on Kennedy's idea of a war on poverty and lays out an agenda for what he calls the "Great Society." In an effort to create full employment, Johnson instigates an $11 billion tax cut and creates programs poor people can use to bring t...
Power Imperative, The: Bureaucracy and the Courts, The
The judicial branch cannot initiate control over the bureaucracy on its own. The courts have to operate on the basis of cases brought to them, as occurred in relation to the government's conflicting policies on tobacco. When the court directs an age...
Rivals and Friends: Emergence of a Stronger Judiciary under Justice Marshall
The last minute appointments by the Adams' administration sets the stage for the emergence of a stronger judiciary under the leadership of John Marshall. When the Jeffersonians come into power they repeal the last-minute actions of the previous Cong...