Federalism, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment : the irony of constitutional democracy
Ralph A. Rossum argues that it is the ultimate irony of constitutional democracy that an amendment intended to promote democracy, even at the expense of federalism, has been been undermined by an activist Supreme Court intent on protecting federalism, at the expense of democracy.
xi, 307 pages ; 24 cm
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The Supreme Court, judicial activism, and the protection of federalism
Constitutional structure, federalism, and the securing of liberty
How the framers protected federalism
The Senate's protection of federalism in the First Congress
Marshall's understanding of the original federal design
Altering the original federal design : the adoption and ratification of the seventeenth amendment
The Supreme Court's attempts to protect the original federal design