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    SECOND EDITION Debates in American Government SQV Uems Oba oOT-N ca James A. Morone OXFORD ‘Oxford University Press isa department ofthe University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other counties. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America (© 2019, 2016 by Oxford University Press For titles covered by Section 112 ofthe US Higher Education| ‘Opportunity Act, please visit wwwoup.com/us/he for the lates information about pricing and alternate formats. All sights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, of transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in ‘writing of Oxford University Press or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning, reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, ‘Oxford University Pres, at the address above ‘You must not circulate this work in any other form. and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data [Names: Emenaker, Ryan, author. | Morone, james A.,1951- author. Title: Current debates in American government / Ryan Emenaker, Collegeof the Redwoods, James A. Morone, Brown University. Description: Second Edition. | New York : Oxford University Pres, (2018) | Previous edition: 2016. Identifies: LCCN 201801555: | ISBN 9780190862053 (paperback) Subjects: LCSH: United States—Poltics and government. ‘Classification: LCC 1K276 E64 2018 | DDC 320.973—de23 LC record available at butpsilecn oc gov/2018015554 987654321 Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc, United States of America 4.3) In Trump Era, Democrats and Republicans Switch Sides on States’ Rights Reuters, January 26, 2017 aN LevNe In Federalist 45, James Madison explains the vast authority possessed by the states by noting: “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite” It is, ‘common to hear political actors approvingly referencing the Framers’ delegation of authority to the states, or at least it is common up until some states start adopting policies they disagree In Trump Era, Democrats and Republicans Switch Sides on State’ Rights with. A commitment to states’ rights and the concept of federalism can be a philosophical com- mitment, but it can also be opportunistic. As Oan Levine shows in “In Trump Era, Democrats and Republicans Switch Sides on States’ Rights,” there has been a dramatic reversal over who ‘supports greater national versus greater state authority. Prior to the election of Donald Trump, ‘when Democrats controlled the presidency and therefore the federal bureaucracy, many Demo- crats wanted the national government to control environmental policy. Now that the Republican Party controls the national government, many Democrats want states to have wider latitude to legislate on environmental issues. Similarly, whereas Republicans once wanted states to be able to adopt immigration policy, now that Democratically controlled states are making more lenient immigration policies, Republicans want the national government to step in. Thus, as Levine argues, once President Trump was elected, Republicans started “embracing sweeping new environmental, healthcare, and imnigration policies ... to be imposed on all states.” At the same time, Democrats, who for decades advocated for federal authority over civil rights protec- tions, are now “employing some ... states’ rights positions.” Do these reversals over the level of support for state authority indicate an inherent hypocrisy, or are there principles that are more {important than commitments over what level of government should have the authority to make a

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