"Analyzes government's ability to "promote the general welfare" in the areas of health, transportation, housing, and education. Then examines two tools to impro
Traces the course of the constitutional controversy over the spending power and the role of that power in driving an expansion in federal activity and authority
Volumes have been written about the welfare state, covering everything from taxation and regulation to bureaucracy and Social Security. But what are the institu
Many of the political issues we struggle with today have their roots in the US Constitution. Husband-and-wife team Cynthia and Sanford Levinson take readers bac
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is