State Over Federal Power: The 100th Anniversary of the Colorado River Commission
The Colorado River wraps around Horseshoe Bend in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Ariz., on Feb. 11, 2017. Rhona Wise /AFP/Getty Images
This year is the centennial anniversary of the Colorado River Commission, the “convention of states” that negotiated the Colorado River Compact.
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”