AMERICAN GOVERNMENT POWER AND PURPOSE, 8th Edition by Theodore J. Lowi ...

contested and paradoxical throughout American history and was at the heart of struggles throughout American history such as: 1. the ability of states to “nullify” federal laws; 2. the Civil War; 3. the power of the central government in the New Deal; 4. the “rights” of states versus the rights of citizens in the civil rights movement. ................
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