Tort Reform and the GOP's Fair-weather Federalism | Randy Barnett | Cato Institute: Commentary

Tort Reform and the GOP's Fair-weather Federalism | Randy Barnett | Cato Institute: Commentary: "if Congress now can regulate tort law, which has always been at the core of state powers, then Congress, and not the states, has a general police power.

This issue concerns constitutional principle, not policy: the fundamental principle that Congress has only limited and enumerated powers, and that Congress should stay within these limits."