The Federalism Library is an online multimedia collection of articles, books, and podcasts exploring contemporary and classic questions related to federalism. It includes material created by the Center for the Study of Federalism, as well as carefully curated information from prominent writers on federalism.
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Torey Dolan analyzes the "unique legal position" that American Indians hold under the U.S. Constitution and American law, including the legal relationship that tribal people have…
Meryl Justin Chertoff contends that the Trump administration's threats to withhold federal disaster relief challenge basic principles of federalism. Read more here.
Raphael J. Sonenshein examines the potential power of local charters, something he says more localities should explore at a time "when local self-governance is…
Miriam Seifter has rounded up a series of books and articles touching on federalism, state courts, and constitutional law. Read more here.
Christian Farias considers the possible limits of the Trump administration's power to police states and localities. Farias writes that ongoing federal litigation regarding the…
Jaci Walker argues that the U.S. Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which declared that tribal governments have sovereign power over crimes occurring on their land, is "constitutionally in…
Carl Smith considers the possible effects on states and localities if federal data -- such as data relating to land use, environmental factors, and…
Ray Nothstine explores why an increasing number of members of Congress are seeking office at the state level. He writes that "from a federalism…
Matthew L.M. Fletcher contends that the federal government's sovereign defenses bar tribes and "individual Indian people from realizing justice in the courts." Read more here.
Richard Fair writes that traditional preemption analysis in American law cannot effectively respond to rapidly developing innovations in monetary technology such as stablecoins. Fair proposes…
Jule Pattison-Gordon looks at the likelihood of Congress trying again to preempt state regulation of artificial intelligence, an idea that was pulled from the…
Scott Sumner considers the possible implications of state-level changes to housing regulations. Read more here.
Antonio Pedro Machado compares how the United States and Brazil regulate firearms at the state and local level. Read more here.
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Federalism is American government’s best kept secret. Its influence is pervasive and profound. Though not mentioned in the Constitution, federalism’s meaning and application have been at the center of disputes from 1776 to the Civil War to our current culture wars. We are scholars who focus on federalism, and through this podcast, we explore how federalism, from practice to theory, shapes our politics, policies, culture, society, and daily life.
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