Additional Readings Related to Federalism

Local Governments, Solid Waste Management and the Courts

"Reviving Federalism" - article on U. S. Supreme Court and evolving notion of federalism

Unfunded Mandates on Local Government:  Anatomy of a Milestone

Congress, the Commerce Clause and "Preemption"

Examples of "preemption" controversies today

Electronic Privacy, Financial Privacy and Anti-Telemarketing Laws

Cable Access and the Issue of Federal Preemption

Governing Op-Ed: Power to Make Bad Decisions -- SC specific piece

For the really interested student, the following two Governing magazine articles are
particularly good on the subject of preemption.

Perlman, Ellen. "The Gorilla that Swallows State Laws," Governing 6 (Ausgust 1994): 46-50.

Walters, Jonathan. "Save Us From the States?" Governing 14 (June 2001):  20-27.