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124 Harv. L. Rev. 4 (2010-2011)
Federalism All the Way Down

handle is hein.journals/hlr124 and id is 6 raw text is: THE SUPREME COURT 2009 TERM FOREWORD: FEDERALISM ALL THE WAY DOWN Heather K. Gerken TABLE OF CONTENTS I. TH E G HOST O F SOVEREIGNTY ..........................................................................................II A . P rocess F ederalists..............................................................................................................14 B . M inding the G ap ........................................................................................................ 18 II. PUSHING FEDERALISM ALL THE WAY DOWN ...............................................................21 A . W hy Stop w ith S tates?.......................................................................................................22 B . W hy S top w ith C ities? .......................................................................................................23 C . W hat's in a N am e?..............................................................................................................25 D. Sovereignty and the Neglect of Special Purpose Institutions.......................................26 E . W idening Federalism 's Lens ..............................................................................................28 i. The Apples to Apples Problem..................................................................................28 2. An Example: Rethinking the Jury...............................................................................30 m. THE POWER OF THE SOVEREIGN VERSUS THE POWER OF THE SERVANT SEPARATION OF POWERS, CHECKS AND BALANCES, AND FEDERALISM.33 A. Federalism and the Separation of Powers........................................................................33 B . The Pow er of the Servant ............................................................................................. 35 C. The Source of the Servant's Power ........................................................37 i. Interdependence ............................................................................. .. ..............38 2. Integration ......................................................................................................................39 3. Serving Two Masters.....................................................................................................40 IV. TOWARD A NATIONALIST ACCOUNT OF FEDERALISM-ALL-THE-WAY-DOWN, OR: WHY NATIONALISTS SHOULD STOP WORRYING AND LEARN TO LOVE FEDERALISM..................................................................................................................44 A. Federalism All-the-Way-Down as a Democratic Third Way ..........................................44 i. The Conventional Poles of Democratic Design...................................................45 2. Minority Rule Without Sovereignty: A Middle Ground ............................................45 B. Federalism and Race..........................................................................................................48 i. The Dominance of the Diversity Model Outside of States ....................................49 2. Localism as a Double-Edged Sword ............................................................................50 (a) The Hidden Costs of Diversity .........................................................................-5i (b) Federalism-All-the-Way-Down and the Fourteenth Amendment.................52 (i) Politics, Economics, and Self-Help ...................................................................52 (ii) Minority Rule and Racial Identity.................................................................55 3. Caveats............................................................................................................................58 C. Federalism and Dissent......................................................................................................6o 4

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