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The debate over states' rights and federal power was a factor in the American Civil War, but it was not the primary cause of the conflict.
No: by widely used academic definitions — organized armed conflict between a state and an internal opposition causing roughly 1,000 battlefield deaths — is not currently in a , though a dangerous mix ...
The proposition that the American Civil War was caused by a threat of centralization rather than by federalism requires parsing motives, rhetoric, and structural change: Southern leaders repeatedly fr...
National emergencies have repeatedly shaped how Americans vote, who can vote, and how elections are administered: wars and pandemics have compressed turnout, forced legal improvisation, and prompted d...