Michael Bedenbaugh

Articles Authored


The Humanitarian Cost of Broken Self-Government: Human Dignity, Federalism, and America’s Crisis of Responsibility

1. Introduction and Background of the Issue The humanitarian crisis in America is not hidden. It is visible in tents under bridges, the mentally ill cycling through jails, rural hospitals struggling to survive, migrants dying in borderlands, families losing access to care, and citizens who no longer know which level of government is responsible when…