In honor of Constitution Day, Christine Cooke, Kyle Treasure, and Amber Maxfield spent several months studying the Constitution. They urge others to do so as…
Jeffrey Rosen asks whether mob rule is becoming a reality in the United States. He writes that federalism is the most robust "Madisonian cooling…
Frustrated by lengthy court battles over gerrymandering, opponents in some states are pushing for new approaches to the issue. These include efforts to have…
Chris Edwards writes that the cap on the state-and-local tax deduction in last year's tax law has forced states to compete with one another.…
Ilya Somin contends that the Constitution has no general federal power to restrict immigration. Somin urges constitutional originalists to note the lack of an…
In this podcast, titled "Federalism 2.0," Laura Tyson and Lenny Mendonca assert that President Trump's populism represents a danger to the nation that can be…
This week a group of 19 states prevailed in a lawsuit that accused the Department of Education of wrongly delaying implementation of Obama-administration rules intended to…
Members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors gathered in San Francisco this week to discuss ways to take action on climate change. Many mayors…
J.J. McCullough writes that fewer Americans value their states as unique entities. He warns that this could lead to decreased support for the principle…
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will meet with state attorneys general this month to discuss the administration's concerns that tech companies might be engaging…
Arkansas, the first state to move forward with work requirements for people covered under the Affordable Care Act's expansion of the federal program, has…
Chris Edwards writes that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 included a number of provisions that might affect interstate migration. For example,…
Nicholas F. Jacobs and Connor M. Ewing write that the Trump administration has used the administrative powers of the presidency to advance the president's…
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