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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Lily Hong writes that conflict between federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and states and localities "makes clear that states’ authority under federalism is…
Lisa K. Parshall and Jim Twombly have written Presidential Federalism: The Enduring Role of Presidents in Shaping National-State Relations (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026). The authors…
James Baratta writes that the prevalence of corporate "dark money" -- contributions that do not disclose a source -- in federal elections could be…
Justin Theal and Riley Judd report that the share of state dollars spent on Medicaid for fiscal 2024 grew by double digits for two…
Nicole Huberfeld contends that HR1, a 2025 federal reconciliation bill, limits state options in order to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Huberfeld argues…
Donald F. Kettl has authored Federalism, Trumpism, and Democracy in America (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026). Kettl writes that federalism under the Trump administration "has proven…
Christian G. Fritz recently delivered remarks about, in his words, "the responsibility of state legislators to sound the alarm when the federal government overreaches…
Steven J. Kochevar urges states to resist the Trump administration's attempts to obtain state-maintained data. He argues that states should do so in part on…
Associate U.S. Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. recently delivered remarks at a Fordham Law School antitrust symposium. Woodward argues that the federal government must…
Anteneh Belete examines the origins, constitutional architecture, and current debate surrounding Ethiopia's ethnic federal system. Read more here.
In an op-ed, Quraysh Khattak reviews the history of Pakistan's federal system and offers ideas about how "to rethink Pakistan’s federal architecture holistically." Read more here.
Yaroslav Askov considers South African federalism and suggests that it conforms to a "holding-together" model with constrained subnational autonomy and meaningful checks through the National Council of…
Daniel B. Rosenbaum writes that localities "operate in environments of state-imposed stress" due in part to an increasingly voluminous number of state-mandated reporting requirements…
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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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