Presents a collection of articles that discuss the issue of states' rights and traces the history of conflicts between states' legislatures and a strong central government from the time of the Constitutional Convention to the present day.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
ch. 1. Early debates regarding state and federal powers -- 1. The creation of the tenth amendment / Charles F. Hobson -- 2. The states' rights debate from colonial times to the early nineteenth century / Richard E. Ellis -- ch. 2. Supreme court interpretations of the tenth amendment -- 1. The tenth amendment does not entitle states to reject federal institutions / John Marshall -- 2. The tenth amendment limits the authority of congress / William Rufus Day -- 3. The tenth amendment does not deprive the federal government of authority / Harlan Fiske Stone -- ch. 3. Major conflicts over states' rights -- 1. The nullification crisis of 1832-1833 / Bernard A. Weisberger -- 2. Secession challenges the tenth amendment / Daniel Farber -- 3. Invoking state sovereignty to resist federal civil rights laws / Yasuhiro Katagiri -- ch. 4. Modern perspectives on the state-federal relationship -- 1. The federal and state roles in same-sex marriage laws / Cass R. Sunstein -- 2. Federal drug laws trump state statutes / Jan Crawford Greenburg -- 3. Education reform sparks debate over the federal government's role / Alexandra Marks.