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Federalism Library

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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Federalism Digests

Policy Diffusion among the U.S. States (May 2024)

The states are policy innovators, developing new solutions to many of the most pressing issues facing the country.

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Challenges to Judicial Federalism

James Gardner explores a number of new challenges to judicial federalism, including America's increasingly polarized and nationalized politics. Read more here.

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Federalism and the Army Clause

The Congressional Research Service examines the relationship between federalism and the U.S. Constitution's Army Clause. Read more here.

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Judicial Federalism and Moore v. Harper

Michael Weingartner writes that although federal court deference to state-court interpretations of state law is one of the "core tenets of judicial federalism," the U.S.…

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Utah Sues to Gain Control of Public Lands

Utah has filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government's ability to hold on to unappropriated lands indefinitely. More than 60 percent of the state's lands…

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The Roberts Court and Federal Preemption

Kamaile Turcan contends that the Roberts Court's attacks on the administrative state have resulted in a "Court-driven recalibration of the federal power structure [that] ultimately…

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Immigration Federalism Case “Sidestepped” by Supreme Court

Cori Alonso-Yoder and Tania N. Valdez write that the U.S. Supreme Court "sidestepped" an immigration federalism feud earlier this year when it did not…

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Testing Claims About the “Federalization” of Crime

Jonathan Abel examines state-court data related to the crime of being a felon in possession of a firearm to explore the "federalization of crime."…

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Have South African Provincial Governments Been “Hollowed Out”?

T. Ajam writes that provincial governments in South Africa have been "hollowed out" by relocation of functions. Read more here.

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Exceptionalism and Assimilation in Federal Indian Law

Michael Doran explores the idea that federal Indian law exists at the intersection of two paradigms: exceptionalism and assimilationism. Read more here.

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Should the Crown Estates Be Devolved?

Steven Clear argues that the British government should devolve the property, rights, and interests known as the crown estate. Clear writes that doing so…

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Texas Quickly Purges Post-Pandemic Medicaid Rolls

Eleanor Klibanoff reports that in the wind-down of federal aid following the Covid-19 pandemic, Texas has led the nation in quickly purging people --…

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Jones v. Mississippi and State Constitutional Protections

Scott Kafker and William Blanchette consider how the Massachusetts judiciary has responded to a U.S. Supreme Court statement in its Jones v. Mississippi decision that states are free to…

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Federalism and Public Health

Leslie P. Francis and John P. Francis suggest that states, rather than the federal government, enjoy several advantages when it comes to public health…

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Federalism Matters Podcast

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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The Federalism Minute

Federalism’s influence on American government, culture and society is pervasive and profound, yet often unexplored. This short podcast examines single, practical topics to show how federalism’s influence is real and relevant in average citizens’ daily lives.

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