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Supreme Court and Constitutional Law

This section of the website gathers together AEI research, books, and events focused on Supreme Court cases and constitutional law and sovereignty issues.

Are States Too Big to Fail?

States are in deep trouble due to rising debt and pressure from constituents to keep spending while lowering costs. AEI's latest Legal Outlook examines the fiscal crises in states and proposes fundemantal reform for recovery. States should have the option to file for bankruptcy, Michael Greve writes.

Publications

Scholars on Supreme Court
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Recent Publications

Feds to Biotech Firms: Shut Up

By Scott Gottlieb
Wall Street Journal
Monday, June 6, 2011

The FDA is restricting the speech of private drug firms. This may violate the First Amendment rights of drugs companies.

Political Privacy Should be a Civil Right

By John Yoo, David Marston
Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Today President Obama is ignoring the lessons of the civil rights era he claims to revere. The only purpose of the executive order is to dangle the specter of retaliation (by losing her contracts) and harassment (from political opponents).

Antiwar Senator, War-Powers President

By John Yoo
Wall Street Journal
Friday, March 25, 2011

Obama's exercise of war powers in Libya is firmly in the tradition of American foreign policy. While he has parted ways with antiwar Democrats, he still shows that he has to learn the ways of the executive.

Bailouts or Bankruptcy: Are States Too Big to Fail?

By Michael S. Greve
Legal Outlook
Monday, March 14, 2011

The states' fiscal crisis is structural, not cyclical. Real recovery and reform will require drastic changes to our federal architecture.

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Books

Crisis and Command A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush

By John Yoo
Kaplan Publishing
(January 2010)

Through shrewd and lucid analysis, Yoo shows how the bold decisions made by Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and FDR changed more than just history; they also transformed the role of the American president.

Voting Rights--And Wrongs The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections

By Abigail Thernstrom
AEI Press
(June 2009)

The Voting Rights Act has become a period piece that today serves to keep most black legislators clustered on the sidelines of American politics--precisely the opposite of what its framers intended.

Voting Rights—And Wrongs (paperback) The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections

By Abigail Thernstrom
AEI Press
(January 2009)

The Voting Rights Act has become a period piece that today serves to keep most black legislators clustered on the sidelines of American politics--precisely the opposite of what its framers intended.

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Events

PAST EVENTS

Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party and the Ascendance of the "Living Constitution"

Monday, December 13, 2010
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Sidney M. Milkis will deliver the December 2010 Bradley Lecture at AEI.

Who's in Charge? More Legal Challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Monday, December 6, 2010
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Pending legal challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are about much more than just the constitutionality of an individual mandate to purchase health insurance.

Policy Changes for the New Congress

Monday, November 22, 2010
09:15 AM - 12:30 PM

How will the new Congress address the daunting policy challenges related to health care, the economy, and constitutional limits on the federal government?

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Scholars on Supreme Court and Constitutional Law

Scholars on Supreme Court
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