The revitalization of the Contract Clause indicates that it is not the public employee who must be the first to sacrifice to get a city out of financial trouble. (Author/IRT)

Argues that a carefully drafted amendment to the National Labor Relations Act can withstand constitutional challenge and that the standards set forth in "League of Cities" can be met. (Author/IRT)

The spending clause of the Fourteenth Amendment would be the preferred basis for passage of a federal statute granting collective bargaining rights to state and municipal employees. It is the only constitutional provision under which the federal government would not be forcing a regulation on the state. (Author/IRT)