What makes lobbying coalitions successful? We contend that greater preference
heterogeneity among members of a lobbying coalition enhances the credibility of its signals …

Abstract The Roberts Court saw a number of important advances for judicial enforcement of
federalism-based limits on congressional power, both in high-profile cases such as NFIB v …

Environmental law expert Lowell E. Baier reveals how over centuries the federal
government slowly preempted the states' authority over managing their resident wildlife. In …

A variety of scholars have theorized about the importance of political forces as safeguards of
federalism. However, many of these theories have yet to be tested empirically. This study …

This article analyzes the US Supreme Court's record in twenty-first-century federalism cases
and compares these rulings with rulings issued in the late twentieth century, a time when the …

This dissertation explores the nature and extent of amicus curiae participation and impact at
the Roberts Court. While previous literature has addressed amicus activity and influence in …

Theoretical problems continue to perplex scholars of American federalism. Despite an
avalanche of literature, theoretical accounts of federalism are rare. Most work centers on …