The Tenth Amendment and State Sovereignty: Constitutional History and Contemporary Issues (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780742518803)

In the wake of the 2000 Election, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the American states has become more important. Once derided by the Supreme Court as a 'truism, ' the Tenth Amendment has in recent years been transformed from a neglected provision into a vital 'first principle.' As such, it has provided the foundation for a series of decisions in which the Supreme Court has elevated the status of the states, often at the expense of federal power and in the face of previously settled assumptions. In this important volume, four prominent scholars-two historians and two law professors-examine carefully one of the central tenets in the Supreme Court's recent Tenth Amendment jurisprudence: the assumption that the results fashioned by a narrow majority are compelled by history and consistent with the intentions of the framers. They shed important new light on a series of decisions that mark a major change in our thinking about the nature of a constitutional system within which both the federal government and the states properly regard themselves as sovereign entities

Author: Mark R. Killenbeck
ISBN-10: 0742518809
ISBN-13: 9780742518803
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/22/2001
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.54w x 0.45d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2002 pg. 2041