Understanding the EU Policy Portfolio: Conceptualising a Dynamic Model of Integration

This paper suggests that EU‘s policy portfolio resembles the outcome of interstate bargaining predicted by federalist theory. We conclude that federalist theory, when combined with economic integration theory, is a robust tool for conceptualizing the EU policy portfolio. The result is a dynamic model, which we call 'federal integration‘

Rethinking Legal Conservatism

This is the time for us to think through whether an entity as august as the Federalist Society should embrace a move toward a constitutional conservatism. It strikes me as dangerous in terms of the underlying issues, but more importantly, as a step away from the fundamental insight that the Federalist Society had, which was that judges should be restrained because they lack the democratic pedigree of the political branches. There should be an impulse of judicial restraint, and, unless something is clearly unconstitutional, courts should not be mucking around with legislation and declaring it unconstitutional, no matter how novel it may be

The Adequacy of the Presidential Succession System in the 21st Century: Filling the Gaps and Clarifying the Ambiguities in Constitutional and Extraconstitutional Arrangements

Program for The Adequacy of the Presidential Succession System in the 21st Century symposium, Fordham University School of Law, April 16-17, 2010.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/miscellanea/1001/thumbnail.jp

Letter from an American Supporter in Spain to Geraldine Ferraro

Letter from a American, currently residing in Spain, to Geraldine Ferraro. Author recommends two books, a biography on President Truman and a collection of the Federalist Papers.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_correspondence_1984_international/1080/thumbnail.jp

The Federalist Revolt: An Affirmation or Denial of Popular Sovereignty?

After nearly two centuries of relative neglect by historians, the Federalist revolt of 1793 finally is receiving the attention it deserves. Book-length studies now exist for each of the main Federalist cities, and several articles have considered various aspects of either Federalism or the Federalist revolt.1 We are thus in a position to begin a fuller and more informed evaluation of the character and significance of the Federalist revolt..

A Lightening Round Debate on Immigration Issues: Travel Ban, DACA, Sanctuary Cities & More

Debate on immigration issues such as the travel ban, DACA, sanctuary cities and more.https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/flyers-2017-2018/1064/thumbnail.jp

"Explaining the Impact of Jacques Delors: Conceptualizing and Assessing the Commission Presidency"

This paper analyzes the Presidency of the European Commission as a political leadership position. It does so on three levels. First, it considers the relational nature of leadership, arguing that every leadership position is shaped by its "relationship network"- the relationship of the leader with his constituents, co-actors, and subordinates. Second, it develops a typology of leadership styles, that Commission Presidents might exercise within the limits of the Commission Presidency's highly constraining relationship network. The three main types (neo-functionalist, federalist and intergovernmentalist) integrate integration theory literature with existing knowledge of the activities of Commission Presidents. Third, these ideas, and a personality-assessment-at-a-distance technique, are employed in a case-study of Jacques Delors. The study shows that Delor's leadership cannot be understood in simple Euro-federalist terms. It also shows the ability of the concepts and methods used to advance comparative study of the Commission Presidency

Federalist Society General Body Meeting

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