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This paper critically examines neoliberal ideas related to multilevel governance. It argues that neoliberalism contains a distinct normative project for multilevel governance that is consistent across the federal, regional, and global levels. It further argues that the underlying logic of this project can be usefully theorized as a subset of Gill's concept of New Constitutionalism in that it seeks to lock-in free market policies across a uniquely vertical axis. The paper examines the normative work of neoliberal intellectuals,including Hayek, Friedman, Buchanan, and various neoliberal think-tanks, on "market-preserving federalism" and the more recent extrapolation of these ideas to the regional and global levels.