Philipp Kruse, Sasha Latypova, Katherine Watt, Vibeke Manniche
For those who are interested in Catholic subsidiarity principles as applicable to current geopolitical events, a reader recently referred me to the work of Niki Raapana on communitarian law. Starting in 2001 and through her death in 2022, Raapana investigated and reported on the same global consolidation of legal authority, and covert evisceration of national constitutions and civil liberties, that I have been studying and writing about since 2005.
From what I’ve read so far, Raapana’s entry points seem to have been trade agreements such as NAFTA and CAFTA, followed by Supreme Court rulings on eminent domain, including Kelo v. City of New London, and progeny.
My entry point was preemption doctrine as it plays out at the local, state and federal levels (2005-2019), followed by study of international, cross-border power-consolidation mechanisms (WHO International Health Regulations and implementing national laws) through the window opened by the Covid-19 “public health emergency”-predicated power grab.