Fighting Covid-19 in the United States with Federalism and Other Constitutional and Statutory Authority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6375481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beverly A Cigler (0000-0003-2599-0840, Penn State Harrisburg, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 673-692 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/publius/pjab021 |
| OpenAlex | W3191684230 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
The COVID-19 pandemic challenges a workable American federalism. The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reserves plenary responsibilities to states for promoting health and well-being; but states and their local governments suffer from a significant lack of resources and interjurisdictional competition during major emergencies. In this article, I argue that a president has significant constitutional and statutory authority for pandemic preparedness and, by law, is responsible for leading a coordinated national response necessary to a pandemic. The article outlines the constitutional and statutory authorities available to President Trump and assesses how he used those powers to address the pandemic. It is argued that early, decisive national coordinative systems for containing and mitigating the virus; testing, tracing, contacting, and isolation protocols; data collection standardization; procurement and distribution of supplies; and planning vaccine eligibility and distribution could have reduced the state and local government disadvantages early in the pandemic, saving lives and boosting the economy
Constitution · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Decentralization · Democracy · Democratic legitimacy · Federalism · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Preparedness · Separation of powers · Sovereignty · Statutory law · Unitary state · Medicine · Public Health Policies and Education · Law · Public Administration
A cross-sectional analysis of county-level determinants of pandemic-era policy implementation
Ideology, political polarisation and agility of policy responses
Public Health, Internal Borders, and the Ends of Federalism
Integration through Expansive Unification
American Federalism and Health Policy Spillovers
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |