William C. Duncan warns that the Trump administration's demand that states surrender information about voters ignores constitutional provisions regarding elections and "state protection from…
Anya Bidwell writes that state efforts to allow lawsuits against federal officials are "legally sound, textually grounded, and, given the current Supreme Court’s interpretive commitments…
A group of 21 states and localities have sued the Trump administration for repealing a rule that established limits for toxic air pollutants. Read…
More than 20 states have sued the Trump administration for issuing an order that restricts mail-in voting. The plaintiffs complain that the order "violates…
Desalegn Ambaw has written Building the Nation: Infrastructure, Equity, and Federalism in Ethiopia (London: Palgrave Macmillan,2026). The book explores how infrastructure development interacts with federalism in Ethiopia. Read…
Harihar Bhattachary has written Indian Federalism: Structure, Process and Agency (Abingdon, Oxford: Routledge, 2026). Bhattachary offers a critical account of federalism in India, including its development and innovations. This…
Kerri Toloczko explores what role federalism -- in a time of artificial-intelligence fakery -- can play in maintaining public trust. Read more here.
The University of Washington has posted an interview with Ryan Calo, the author of Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach. Calo discusses, among other topics,…
Shanna Rose has written Raising the Floor: Federalism and the Politics of US Minimum Wage Policy (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2026). Rose examines how interest groups have…
The University of Pennsylvania's Penn Institute for Urban Research has posted a series of essays about how American federalism has shaped the nation's cities…
Bethany Davis Noll and Sofia DeSimone provide an update and analysis of state-led lawsuits against the federal government. Read more here.
Awol Ali Mohammed considers the feasibility of the newly established regional states within Ethiopia's federal system. Read more here.
Xianbiao Hu explores the challenges faced in expanding the market for highly automated vehicles, including "state-level fragmentation" associated with American federalism. Read more here.
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