Opinion analysis: States’ rights ruling, a big deal or not?

    SCOTUSblog: The new ruling in Bond v. U.S. (docket 09-1227) stands, in a technical sense, for one simple proposition: a lawsuit claiming that Congress has stepped on the states’ sovereign authority does not need to be filed or joined by a state government. A number of courts had been assuming, and ruling, that state involvement in such a case was absolutely necessary, when the Tenth Amendment was being used to challenge a federal law passed by Congress.


  • Posted: 06/17/2011
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  • Category: Bench & Bar
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  • Source: www.scotusblog.com

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