A Nation of States
Subtitle: Federalism at the Bar of the Supreme Court (Equal Justice Under Law, 4)
Publisher: Carlson Pub
Published: April 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780926019966
Subjects: Federal government; United States; Reference; U.S. Federal Government; Constitutional history; State rights; Supreme Courts
First sentence: In his dissent in National League of Cities v. Usery, Justice Brennan contended that the Court's opinion was reminiscent of the now rejected jurisprudence of the Lochner era: Today's [decision] can only be regarded as a transparent cover for invalidating a congressional judgment with which [the majority] disagree.