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American Federalism

July 29, 2019

More on Liberalism and Federalism

Ilya Somin follows up his recent Washington Post article on federalism and liberals by exploring "fair weather federalism" and whether liberalism is inherently centralizing. Read more here.

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American Federalism

July 26, 2019

Texas Curtails Municipal Oversight of Construction

Texas has recently enacted a law sharply limiting cities' ability to regulate construction of residential and commercial buildings. Under the new law, city construction codes…

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American Federalism

July 25, 2019

Trump Administration Approves State Medicaid Caps

The Trump administration has approved steps by states to cap Medicaid enrollment, something that the Republican Party has not been able to do at…

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American Federalism

July 25, 2019

Local Production of National Public Goods

In a process they term "Samuelson meets federalism," a group of scholars examine the effects of producing national goods across many different jurisdictions. Read more…

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American Federalism

July 24, 2019

EPA Pushes Enforcement to the States

Jason B. Hutt and Ryan M. Eletto write that the Environmental Protection Agency continues to move away from enforcement penalties and that "EPA’s push…

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American Federalism

July 22, 2019

States Sue Over SALT Tax Rule

Three states and a number of local governments are suing the Internal Revenue Service over the agency's new rules that block states from circumventing…

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American Federalism

July 22, 2019

Heritage Foundation Event Focuses on Federalism

Mick Mulvaney and other Trump administration officials offered their thoughts on the administration's approach to federalism at a recent Heritage Foundation event, "Restoring Federalism:…

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American Federalism

July 22, 2019

The Politics of Federalism and Climate Change

Nick Sobczyk contends that few issues reflect the Democratic Party's interest in change at the state level more than climate change. Read more here.

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American Federalism

July 19, 2019

Criminal Law and Dynamic Incorporation

Joshua Divine writes that state law regularly influences how federal law is applied, but that this sort of "dynamic incorporation" is rare in the…

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American Federalism

July 18, 2019

Blue State Federalism

In a podcast, Sam Wang, Julian Zelizer, and Daniel Hemel explore ways that blue states have begun to embrace federalism in response to Republican…

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American Federalism

July 17, 2019

Federalism As a Solution to Partisan Gerrymandering?

In the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling in which the Court declared that the federal courts have no role in preventing partisan…

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American Federalism

July 16, 2019

Increased Impact Factor for Publius

The latest Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2019) reveal that the Impact Factor for Publius: The Journal of Federalism has risen to 1.528. To celebrate this…

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American Federalism

July 16, 2019

The Liberal Embrace of Federalism

In an op-ed, Ilya Somin traces the rise of liberal support for federalism, highlighting a series a federal court rulings that have supported this change…

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