Obama’s Fake Federalism

by Gene Healy, CATO Institute This article appeared in the DC Examiner on November 17, 2009. Friends of federalism cheered last month when the Obama administration reversed the Bush policy of prosecuting medical marijuana cases in states that have legalized the...

Getting the 10th Amendment Right

by Rob Natelson Effectively defending American federalism requires us to remember that federalism was not created by the states – nor was it created for state benefit. Federalism was fashioned by the American people – for the benefit of individuals and of the...