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Jan 17, 2025 | 
portside.org | Daron Acemoglu |Bruce Ackerman |Aziz Huq |Alison L. LaCroix
Can US Institutions Withstand Trump 2.0? Published January 17, 2025 On the eve of Trump’s inauguration, we asked Daron Acemoglu, Bruce Ackerman, Aziz Huq, Alison L. LaCroix, and Richard K. Sherwin whether there are any institutional checks that can restrain Donald Trump's worst impulses – and if they can survive the next four years. -- Project SyndicateDaron AcemogluAs Trump begins his second term, it’s really hard to see any silver lining in the dark clouds.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Alison L. LaCroix
In May 1862, as the American Civil War was entering its second year, the English novelist Anthony Trollope, who had just returned from a year’s travel around the United States, likened the US Constitution to a pair of old boots. He meant it as a compliment.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
lawliberty.org | Alison L. LaCroix |Aaron Coleman |David Goldman |Isaac Willour
Alison LaCroix’s new book, The Interbellum Constitution, challenges how we understand American constitutional history between 1815 and 1860. Most historians interpret the period as a power struggle between federal and state power. LaCroix, on the other hand, discerns in the era a multifaceted system of “federalisms” in which federal, state, and local governments engaged in two persistent debates. The first revolved around defining and determining the meaning of the Constitution.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
theimaginativeconservative.org | Alison L. LaCroix
In “Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor,” Richard R. Beeman tells a compelling narrative of the crucial years between the first meeting of the Continental Congress and the announcement of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. He gives concrete examples of the novel ways in which the lines of political and legal power were being redrawn in the period. Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
project-syndicate.org | Alison L. LaCroix
Project Syndicate: Texas has revived the age-old debate about American federalism by enforcing its own immigration policy. You recently wrote that many commentators have been “invoking the past to justify their positions” in that debate.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Alison L. LaCroix
Aa Aa Aa - A + Project Syndicate: Texas has revived the age-old debate about American federalism by enforcing its own immigration policy. You recently wrote that many commentators have been “invoking the past to justify their positions” in that debate. But, as you warn in your new book, The Interbellum........ © Project Syndicate visit website
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Mar 31, 2024 | 
nacion.com | Alison L. LaCroix
Al reclamar para sí el poder de aplicar una política migratoria propia (aunque se contradiga con la legislación federal), Texas ha reanudado un debate sobre el federalismo que es tan viejo como Estados Unidos. Pero puesto que muchos de los participantes justifican sus posiciones invocando el pasado, es crucial contar la historia como fue. Muchos citan la guerra civil como analogía (y advertencia) para el momento actual.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Alison L. LaCroix
By Alison L. LaCroix By claiming that it has the power to enforce its own immigration policy, even when that policy conflicts with federal law, Texas has reignited a debate about federalism that is as old as the US itself. However, with so many commentators invoking the past to justify their positions, it is crucial to get the history right. Many cite the US Civil War as an analogy to — and a cautionary tale for — the current moment.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
project-syndicate.org | Alison L. LaCroix
CHICAGO – By claiming that it has the power to enforce its own immigration policy, even when that policy conflicts with federal law, Texas has reignited a debate about federalism that is as old as the United States itself. But with so many commentators invoking the past to justify their positions, it is crucial to get the history right.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Alison L. LaCroix
Aa Aa Aa - A + CHICAGO – By claiming that it has the power to enforce its own immigration policy, even when that policy conflicts with federal law, Texas has reignited a debate about federalism that is as old as the United States itself. But with so many commentators invoking the past to justify their positions,........ © Project Syndicate visit website
