Is Federalism Working-Issues of State Sovereignty
For those who follow a generally libertarian point of view and therein traditionally lean towards a states-rights oriented political philosophy, the 2013 session of Supreme Court rulings would appear to be a victory. In its ruling on Arizona’s voting rights law and California’s Section 8 law on gay marriage the Court catalyzed the sovereignty of the states to regulate their own affairs in these two important areas. However, these decisions and the diverse and divided treatment by various states legislatures of these and other important issues including abortion, marijuana and Medicaid coverage leads one to question how decentralized governance sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. The spate of recent public governance decisions spanning social, cultural, political and economic matters of significant importance, has clearly left some […]