In the wake of 9/11, the George W. Bush administration has gone to great lengths to protect the United States from terrorist attacks, instituting certain controversial policies that critics have decried as violations of domestic and international laws. From wiretapping to coercive interrogation of suspected terrorists, the administration’s actions have...

The AEI Federalism Project has assembled a panel of distinguished experts to review the Supreme Court's confusing 2002 term. What, if anything or anyone, do the justices care about--states and their rights? Citizens? Corporations? What has the Court wrought, and what will it do to us next?

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The civil justice system is structured to create incentives for individuals and state governments to interfere with national policy goals.

If the legislature will not act responsibly, courts should aggressively protect the constitutional rights of parties when retroactive legislation creates new liabilities for past conduct.