Criminal Law

AALS Mid-Year Meeting: Federalism and the Roberts Court:
On Wednesday morning I led a session on ?Federalism and the Roberts Court,? in which we considered the likely trajectory of the Court?s federalism jurisprudence...

Tanned, rested, and ready
Yesterday Mike announced his return to blogging at Crime & Federalism, where he will provide ?[d]aily commentary on criminal law, civil rights, and what?s new and outrageous in the law...

The VP Candidates on Roe & Federalism:
I am puzzled by a few things about the Sarah Palin's and Joseph Biden's responses to Katie Couric's questions about Roe v...

Federalism and the Presidential Candidates
Being a federalism nut, I naturally surf the ?08 election blogs and websites looking for signs that anyone cares about basic issues of federalism ? you know, statutory and regulatory preemption, dormant commerce clause, uniformity versus diversity of individual rights, etc...

The Roberts Court, admin law, & federalism
For aficionados of federalism, all of the important battles over state power are now being fought in the arena of administrative law and regulatory preemption...

Medical Marijuana, Federalism and the Forbidden Fruit of the Constitution
In light of the DeMint bill to strip Berkeley of its federal funding, this earlier column on the hypocrisy in Congress over federalism may be of interest: