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The AEI Federalism Project conducts and sponsors original research on American federalism, with particular emphasis on federal and state business regulation, legal developments and the role of the courts, and the prospects for rehabilitating a constitutional federalism that puts states in competition for productive citizens and businesses. Through its AG Watch, the Federalism Project monitors and comments on the increasingly active role of state attorneys general.
The AEI Federalism Project disseminates its research results and opinions through frequent conferences and other public events; through the Federalism Outlook, a newsletter written by the Project’s Director, Michael S Greve; through its website; and through books and publications in scholarly journals.
The Courts
By constitutional design, the federal courts play a prominent role in defining federalism's contours. Through its publications and events, AEI's Federalism Project provides information and commentary on the judiciary's performance.
Supreme Court Update
Waste Not
United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority, decided April 30, is the Supreme Court’s latest pronouncement on state and local waste management. Two New York Counties created a governmental waste management authority. Partly because the Authority provided eco-baubles from composting to recycling, tipping fees at its facilities were much higher than those at … more
The Federalist Outlook
Does the Court Mean Business?#26 · September 19, 2007 |
Federal Preemption: Principles and Politics#25 · June 4, 2007 |
Interstate Comity#24 · March 29, 2007 |
How to Think About Constitutional Change Part 2: Originalism, Pragmatism, and the Constitution#23 · August 2005 |
How to Think about Constitutional Change Part 1: The Progressive Vision#23 · June 2005 |
Liability Reform: Carpe Diem#22 · December 2004 |
The Justices at Home Abroad#21 · August 2004 |
The Term the Constitution Died#18 · July 2003 |
Choice and the Constitution#16 · March 2003 |
Commerce and the Constitution#15 · December 2002 |
The Supreme Court Term That Was and the One That Will Be#13 · July 2002 |
Compacts and Collusion#11 · April 2002 |
National Power, Post-9/11#9 · November 2001 |
Federalism, Yes. Activism, No.#7 · July 2001 |
Laboraties of Democracy: Anatomy of a Metaphor#6 · May 2001 |
The Supreme Court's Federalism#2 · August 2000 |
The AEI Federalism Project#1 · July 2000 |
Law Review Articles
Preemption in the Rehnquist Court: A Preliminary Empirical Assessment, 14 Sup. Ct. Econ. Rev. 43 (2006). |
Federal Preemption: James Madison, Call Your Office 33 Pepp. L. Rev. 77 (2005). |
Federalism and Judicial Mandates, 28 Ariz. St. L.J. 112 (1996). |
Working Papers
Preemption in the Rehnquist Court: A Preliminary Empirical AssessmentMichael S Greve (November 17, 2004) |
Federalism Project Books
Competition Laws In Conflict: Antitrust Jurisdiction in the Global EconomyRichard A. Epstein & Michael S Greve, eds. (May 2004) |
Real Federalism: Why It Matters, How It Could HappenMichael S Greve (March 1999) |
Events
The Rise of the Conservative Legal MovementMarch 24, 2008Steven M. Teles, Jack Balkin, Michael S. Greve, William Galston |
Federal Preemption: States' Rights, National InterestsJune 12, 2007Richard A. Epstein, Michael S. Greve, Charles Cooper, Judge Stephen F. Williams, Peter J. Wallison |
Antitrust Consent Decrees in Theory and PracticeMay 16, 2007Richard A. Epstein, A. Douglas Melamed, Michael S. Greve |
Watters v. Wachovia BankNovember 28, 2006Brian P. Brooks, Thomas W. Merrill, Amy Quester, Todd Zywicki, Ted Frank |
Massachusetts v. EPANovember 21, 2006Jonathan H. Adler, Michael S. Greve, Lisa Heinzerling, Barry Rabe, Edward W. Warren |
Religion and the American Future: Religion and the LawOctober 27, 2006Michael S. Greve, Kevin Seamus Hasson, Douglas Kmiec |
The U.S. Senate Takes On Medical Malpractice ReformApril 24, 2006Ted Frank, Michael S. Greve, George L. Priest, Stuart L. Weinstein |
Antitrust and the New Economy: Transatlantic TurmoilDecember 7, 2005Makan Delrahim, Richard Epstein, Michael S. Greve, Robert Pitofsky |
Testimony to Senate Judiciary CommitteeJuly 19, 2005Michael S. Greve |
5th Annual Supreme Court ReviewJune 29, 2005Jonathan H. Adler, Michael S Greve, Robert Nagel, Neil Siegel, Nina Totenberg |
Brookings Institution Event: Can an Independent Judiciary Be Accountable?June 10, 2005Michael S Greve, Stuart Taylor, Jr., Jay Apperson, Sarah Binder, Elliot Mincberg, Joe Onek, Victoria Toensing |
Government by Consent Decree?June 9, 2005Senator Lamar Alexander, Rep. Roy Blunt, Michael S. Greve, Wade Henderson, Simon Lazarus |
State Tax Incentives for Business: Healthy Competition or "Race to the Bottom"?May 2, 2005Brannon P. Denning, Peter D. Enrich, Michael S. Greve, Loren Chumley, John P. James, Kevin Thompson, Chris Edwards |
Supreme Court: Lochner at 100 — Still Crazy After All These Years?April 22, 2005David E. Bernstein, Jeffrey Rosen, G. Edward White, Michael S. Greve |
Federalism Under the Influence: Dope, Booze, and the Commerce ClauseNovember 10, 2004Michael S Greve, Brannon Denning, Todd Zywicki, R. Hewitt Pate, Viet D. Dinh, John Eastman, Edward Warren, Richard A. Epstein |
Terror, Torts, and Telecom: A Review of the Supreme Court's 2003-2004 TermJune 29, 2004Viet D. Dinh, Richard W. Garnett, Edward W. Warren, Michael S Greve |
Competition Laws In Conflict: Antitrust Jurisdiction in the Global EconomyMay 13, 2004Richard A. Epstein, Michael S Greve, Timothy J. Muris |
Preemption in the Rehnquist CourtApril 2, 2004Michael S Greve, Thomas W. Merrill, Daniel Schweitzer, Robert Gasaway |
States, Citizens, and Corporations: Do the Justices Care? The Supreme Court's 2002-2003 TermJune 27, 2003Michael S Greve, Dan Schweitzer, Adrian Vermeule, John C. Yoo, Alan C. Raul |
Is Federalism Passé? The Supreme Court's 2001-2002 TermJuly 8, 2002Michael S Greve, Evan Caminker, Walter Dellinger, John Harrison, Michael Rappaport |