Federalism syllabus

[Hamilton02 at aol.com]

As promised, I am sending along my syllabus for my Federalism  Seminar this 
fall at Cardozo.  Thanks to all those who provided  suggestions for 
materials. I reviewed many of the books suggested and made  the decision that I 
would focus on domestic federalism issues for this  seminar.  I am planning on 
teaching a seminar on international issues on  federalism in the future.  So 
far, students have been very engaged.  
 
Best regards, Marci
 
 
Marci A. Hamilton
Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Yeshiva University 
 

Syllabus 
Federalism  Seminar 
Professor Marci A.  Hamilton 
_hamilton02 at aol.com_ (mailto:hamilton02 at aol.com)  

Office: Rm. 404 

Secretary: Bonnie Farquhar, 5th  Floor 
farquhar at yu.edu 

Fall 2010 
Texts:  
Any standard Constitutional Law  textbook 
Jenna Bednar, The Robust Federation: Principles of  Design  
Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin,   
Federalism: Political Identity & Tragic  Compromise  
Michael S. Greve,   
Real Federalism: Why It Matters: How It  Could Happen  
Robert F. Williams,   
The Law of American State  Constitutions 
Grading:   1/3 Class Participation  
1/3 Class  Presentation 
1/3  Paper 
(Note:  No paper or presentation is good enough to make up for no or 
minimal class  participation.  Failure to attend  class and/or failure to 
participate make it virtually impossible to do well in  this course.) 
Assignments 
8/31     Major Supreme Court  cases 
National  League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S.  833 (1976) 
Garcia v.  San Antonio Metropolitan Transit  Authority, 469 U.S.  528 
(1985) 
United States v. Alfonso Lopez, Jr., 514 U.S. 549  (1995 
Boerne v.  Flores, 521 U.S.  507 (1997) 
Printz v.  United  States, 521  U.S. 898  (1997) 
Also for the  first class, please bring at least one recent media story on 
a conflict between  the federal government and the states. 
9/7      No class (Wed.  schedule) 
9/14     The Law of American State  Constitutions 
Chaps. 1-4,  8-11 
9/21     Feeley & Rubin,  Chaps. 1-2 
9/28    No class (Thurs.  schedule) 
10/5     Feeley & Rubin,  Chaps. 3-5 
10/8     Attend (or watch tape): Employment Div. v. Smith  Conference 
Friday, Oct. 8, 9-10:45am, Panel on RLUIPA, Moot Court Room 
10/12   Greve, Chaps. 1-5 
Paper topic  due 
10/19   Greve, Chaps.  6-9 
10/26   Bednar, Chaps.  1-4 
11/2     Rough draft  due 
4 Student  Presentations (25 minutes each) 
11/9     4  presentations 
11/16   4  presentations 
11/23   Class cancelled  (makeup Oct.  8) 
11/30   4  presentations 
12/7     4  presentations 
Papers DUE: Tuesday, Dec. 14,  noon 
Email  to Secretary, Bonnie Farquhar, _farquhar at yu.edu_ 
(mailto:farquhar at yu.edu)  
Late papers will be penalized a full grade for each day  late 
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