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The Supreme Court's New Constitutional Federalism: Implications for Public Administration
Author(s) -
Wise Charles R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/0033-3352.00035
Subject(s) - supreme court , federalism , political science , principal (computer security) , doctrine , new federalism , law , separation of powers , administration (probate law) , judicial review , constitutional law , administrative law , law and economics , sociology , constitution , politics , computer science , operating system
Since the early 1990s, the Supreme Court has been issuing decisions that, taken together, constitute a new judicial federalism. This effort is rearranging intergovernmental relations as we have known them for several decades. However, the boundaries of this new doctrine and its implications for public administration are not well understood. This article analyzes the principal constitutional bases for the Court's actions and gauges the balance of this new judicial federalism. It then sorts out the implications for public administration and projects where the Court may be going with this doctrine in the future.