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November 11, 2026

What Should the Federal Role in Education Be?

Derek W. Black contends that presidents from both parties have vastly altered federal-state relations in education and that Congress should recenter the federal role…

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November 11, 2026

Will the District of Columbia Become a State?

When Democrats retake control of Congress, the District of Columbia's nonvoting delegate, Robert White, plans to push for statehood for the district. White argues…

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November 10, 2026

Federalism and Management Crises

Gerardo Ramirez Jr. contends that political disagreements about federal funding quickly turn into management and operational crises for states that rely on such funding.…

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November 10, 2026

UN Report on Federalism in Nepal Issued

The United Nations Development Program has issued its "Nepal: The State of Federalism Report" for 2025. Read more here.

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November 9, 2026

Federalism, Indian Tribes, and Authority over Gaming

Adam Crepelle contends that if a state regulates an activity that Indian tribes want to participate in -- in Crepelle's example, gaming -- then…

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November 9, 2026

State Constitutions and Immigration Policy

Joanne Gottesman explores state constitutions’ potential role in immigration policy. Gottesman writes that some state constitutional provisions could help expand noncitizens’ rights and thwart anti-immigrant…

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November 6, 2026

Court Rejects Trump Administration Attempt to Link Funding to Immigration Enforcement

A federal district court has ruled that the Trump administration cannot link state compliance with the administration's immigration's policies to federal grants for law…

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November 6, 2026

Podcast About the Fundamentals and Contemporary Practices of Federalism

CSF Fellow Troy Smith recently sat for four interviews about federalism with Matt Todd at The Ranch Podcast. The series covers the fundamentals, evolution, and contemporary…

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November 5, 2026

Local Devolution in South Africa

Martin van Staden examines the state of federalism and devolution at the local level in South Africa. Read more here.

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November 5, 2026

Wales and Scotland Push for Control of Devolution

The first ministers of Scotland and Wales have recently asserted to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham that decisions on local devolution should rest solely with…

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November 4, 2026

Federalism and U.S. Elections

The Election Law Blog highlights a portion of Walter Olson's op-ed in the Boston Globe titled, "'We Would Be so Cooked.' Federalism Prevented Trump's Election…

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November 4, 2026

Federalism and Democratic Legitimacy

With the mid-term elections in mind, Charles Powell points to federalism as a strength of American democracy but also suggests that, "federalism cannot .…

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November 3, 2026

The UK and Confederal Federalism

Glyndwr Cennydd Jones writes that confederal federalism would offer the nations of the United Kingdom a viable way to gain independence by "removing sovereignty…

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