U. Texas Law Prof: “Our defective state constitutions? (Or, does this crisis portend the end of what remains of robust federalism?)”

Sandy Levinson, law professor at the U. of Texas, writes on the Balkinization Blog:

. . . “federalism” will have to be recognized even by members of the Federalist Society as the dessicated notion that it has become in the course of the past century and a half . . .

The challenge facing President-to-be (in only 22 more days, glory be) is speaking candidly to the American people about how many of their accepted understandings of our system(s) are now up for grabs. (And, of course, I hope that sooner or later he’ll get around to our dysfunctional Constitution, but I don’t need to go down that road today.) . . .