If red states must accept Congress’ decisions about federal lands, blue states do too.
Category: federalism
Does the Endangered Species Act compel states to protect species?
The Constitution does not permit the federal government to impose affirmative duties on states to regulate, not even to protect endangered species.
States cannot veto Congress’ decisions to put federal lands to productive uses
If Republican states have to accept Congress’ decisions to restrict the use of federal lands, Democratic states have to accept decisions to encourage productive use of these lands.
Fair weather federalism
Federalism should always drive environmental policy, not just when the President is opposed to environmentalists.
Can species be saved without the Endangered Species Act?
That’s the question posed in a post on Vice.com‘s Motherboard blog. The answer is emphatically “yes.” The question has to … More
What sort of federal environmental reform will we get?
Congress and the Trump administration should pursue federalism and libertarian environmentalist reforms, rather than legislating against the environment.
Commandeering conservation obstructs environmental federalism
In the wake of the election, there’s hope that environmentalists will discover the benefits of federalism to the environment. Those … More
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