Not Your Grandfather's Federalism: New Dimensions of the Oldest Issue in American Politics

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R. Shep Melnick, Professor of Political Science, Boston College

R. Shep Melnick is the Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Professor of American Politics. He teaches a variety of courses on American politics, including Courts and Public Policy, Ideas and Institutions in American Politics, Bureaucracy, Democracy in America, and Rights in Conflict. His research and writing focuses on the intersection of law and politics. He is the author of Regulation and the Courts, and Between the Lines, His current research project looks at how the Rehnquist Court is reshaping our governing institutions.