Alison LaCroix on federalism under Trump
Historian and law professor discusses the state of federalism in the U.S. under Trump
LACROIX: There are a lot of reasons why I expect even the conservative-leaning Supreme Court to really adhere to principles of state power and state autonomy. I mean, they've done it in a number of recent cases. So if we think about the Dobbs case overturning Roe v. Wade, part of what the court said was, these decisions should be made by states. And we see that across a lot of big, very hot-button, high-profile cases. There is still then that principle of states have autonomy over significant areas of just day-to-day life. Executive power is clearly a domain where the conservatives on the court seem willing to allow a lot of power. But the pushback from the states is something that they have also tended to feel needs to be protected and reinforced.
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