The American system of federalism is at the heart of many disagreements over important constitutional and public policy issues. Changes in all three branches of government and recent Supreme Court decisions raise questions about the future scope of federal-state relationships: How should we balance state and federal rights? Should the...

Legal scholars of widely varying perspectives discuss the future structure and shape of American federalism.

For better or worse, the battle over the 2000 Florida election still remains with us. Billions of dollars are being spent by states to change their voting-machine systems in order to correct the perceived problems experienced in Florida. Yet much debate still exists over exactly what went wrong in Florida...

While progressives peddle a moribund, European social model, originalist pragmatism takes its bearings from the constitutional architecture.