The State of American Federalism 2023–2024
Judicialization of Gridlocked Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6376239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Bromley‐trujillo (0000-0001-8522-9231), Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo (Christopher Newport University), Michael A Dichio (0000-0003-2138-259X, University of Utah) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 435-464 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-01 |
| 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/pjae022 |
| OpenAlex | W4400224687 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 40 |
Contemporary American federalism, while characterized by nationalized policy battles in the states, is also increasingly defined by the centralization of power in the federal judiciary. In this introductory piece of the 2023–2024 Annual Review issue, we unpack the judicialization of federalism politics. This process, we argue, has been facilitated by national political gridlock, defined by increasing dysfunction in Congress, and the growth of the administrative presidency. In policy conflicts on subjects ranging from education and the environment to abortion and other individual rights, courts have played an increasingly significant role as the arbiter of the federal–state balance of power. As the articles in this Annual Review illustrate, with a few exceptions, judicialization of federalism has often resulted in the devolution of authority to the states, with significant implications for public policy and democratic institutions
Federalism · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Mathematics · Law · Public Administration
The Gingrich Senators
Filling a Vacuum
Power sector impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Invisible Coattails
Special Elections to the U.S. House of Representatives
Political Polarization of Educational Politics and its Implications for Democratic Education
West Virginia v. EPA
State Coordinating Institutions and Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme Court
The Gingrich Senators and Party Polarization in the U.S. Senate
Delivering on Environmental Justice? U.S. State Implementation of the Justice40 Initiative
Populism and administrative dysfunction
Learning from and Emulating Their Peers
New Data on Court Curbing by State Legislatures
Public Perceptions of State Court Impartiality and Court Legitimacy in an Era of Partisan Politics
State Attorneys General and their Challenges to Federal Policies
Climate Change Policymaking in the States
The State of American Federalism 2021–2022
Change and Continuity in the Role of State Attorneys General in the Obama and Trump Administrations
Environmental Policy, Federalism, and the Obama Presidency
The State of American Federalism 2022–2023
Environmental Federalism and the Trump Presidency
Courts-First Federalism
Chevron, State Farm, and the Impact of Judicial Doctrine on Bureaucratic Policymaking
The Judicialization of Mega-Politics and the Rise of Political Courts
The Dysfunctional Congress
Candidate Qualities through a Partisan Lens
Polarization and the Nationalization of State Legislative Elections
The 2022 Elections
Do the Effects of Unpopular Supreme Court Rulings Linger? The Dobbs Decision Rescinding Abortion Rights
The Political Ramifications of Judicial Institutions
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |