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Federalism
Schwartz, Herman | October 9, 2000 issue

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After justice Clarence Thomas joined Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor and Antonin Scalia on the Court in 1991, cementing the conservative majority, the constitutional assault on federal power went into high gear. The first target was a radioactive-waste disposal statute, which was based on a compromise that the states themselves, including New York, had hammered out. The act imposed sanctions on those states that didn't implement the statute, and for this reason, the majority struck it down in New York v. United States.

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FEDERAL government; CONSTITUTIONAL amendments; THOMAS, Clarence, 1948-; NEW York v. United States (Supreme Court case); UNITED States. Supreme Court; UNITED States
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