TY - BOOK ID - 113584725 TI - Monitoring American federalism : the history of state legislative resistance PY - 2023 SN - 1009325582 1009325590 1009325604 1009325574 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - State-local relations KW - Federal-state controversies KW - States' rights (American politics) KW - History. KW - United States KW - Politics and government. KW - State rights KW - Sovereignty KW - Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers KW - Federal government KW - Nullification (States' rights) KW - Constitutional law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:113584725 AB - Monitoring American Federalism examines some of the nation's most significant controversies in which state legislatures have attempted to be active partners in the process of constitutional decision-making. Christian G. Fritz looks at interposition, which is the practice of states opposing federal government decisions that were deemed unconstitutional. Interposition became a much-used constitutional tool to monitor the federal government and organize resistance, beginning with the Constitution's ratification and continuing through the present affecting issues including gun control, immigration and health care. Though the use of interposition was largely abandoned because of its association with nullification and the Civil War, recent interest reminds us that the federal government cannot run roughshod over states, and that states lack any legitimate power to nullify federal laws. Insightful and comprehensive, this appraisal of interposition breaks new ground in American political and constitutional history, and can help us preserve our constitutional system and democracy. ER -