In the last decade, the Supreme Court has handed down a remarkable series of decisions invalidating congressional legislation in the name of federalism or statesÆ rights. Most of these were decided by a razor-thin majority of five justices. The cases fall into four categories.''First, in two cases the Court reaffirmed and expanded the principle of state sovereign immunity. In a second pair of cases, the Court held that state governments (other...
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