Federalism and the Telephone: The Case for Preemptive Federal Deregulation in the New World of Intermodal Competition

INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 294 I. THE COMMERCE CLAUSE AND THE STATES’ CESSION OF CONTROL OVER INTERSTATE COMMERCE ............................... 299 II. THE HISTORY OF PREEMPTIVE FEDERAL DEREGULATION OF INTERSTATE-NETWORK INDUSTRIES................................... 303 III. THE GROWTH OF INTERSTATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND THE RISE OF INTERMODAL COMPETITION.. 315 IV. THE TENSION BETWEEN THE COMMERCE CLAUSE AND CONTINUED STATE REGULATION OF INTERSTATE WIRELINE, WIRELESS, AND CABLE NETWORKS....................... 343 CONCLUSION....................................................................................... 371