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THE WRONG WAY TO MANDALAY: THE MASSACHUSETTS SELECTIVE PURCHASING ACT AND THE CONSTITUTION
Author(s) -
DHOOGE LUCIENJ
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
american business law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.248
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1744-1714
pISSN - 0002-7766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1714.2000.tb00275.x
Subject(s) - constitution , state (computer science) , democracy , political science , law , government (linguistics) , federal state , purchasing , public administration , law and economics , business , economics , politics , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , marketing , computer science
The United States cannot and should not approach the world as fifty states and thousands of municipalities who embark on setting their own foreign policy whenever it suits them. 1 It's a core principle of democracy that the federal government should not intrude on state powers to spend local tax dollars unless there's an overwhelming federal interest at stake. 2