Constitutional Bounds on Congress' Ability to Protect the Environment [electronic resource].

Corporate Author: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.
Physical Description: 49 pages : digital, PDF file

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Examines Constitutional constraints on the ability of Congress to protect the environment. Looks at the Article I nondelegation doctrine and commerce clause, Article III standing to sue in Federal court, the Fifth Amendment and the takings issue, the Tenth Amendment and Federal intrusions on state sovereignty, the Eleventh Amendment and Federal authorization of private suits against States, and the Article II vesting of law-enforcement authority in the executive branch. Reviews background and court decisions bearing on the above areas.

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