The Center for Homeland Defense and Security's "The Reflecting Pool" series about research being carried out by the institution's students focuses on the role…
Robert Hamilton explores federalism issues related to implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Read more here.
The U.S. Treasury Department is releasing $13 billion in rent-relief funds to states and localities that have met certain benchmarks. Read more here.
Scott Beyer argues that localities, rather than the federal government and states, should be given more control over road design. Read more here.
Toby Fyfe and Stephen Van Dine contend that the nation's voters should elect leaders who are committed to cooperative federalism. Read more here.
Bill Lucia explores the increasingly forceful calls by Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court to accept more cases involving…
Girard Miller writes that states are, generally speaking, not experiencing severe budget deficits related to the pandemic and are spending federal coronavirus relief funds…
The U.S. Justice Department has announced new rules for federal monitors who oversee court-approved state and local law enforcement reforms. The federal monitoring plans…
On September 16, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University will host a web-based discussion titled, "Federalism at Work: A Governor's Perspective." South Dakota governor…
The Economist reports that, four years after Catalan's independence referendum, Spanish and Catalan leaders are set to begin talks about the region's future. Read…
The editors of the National Review contend that President Biden's plan to require large employers to mandate vaccinations or weekly coronavirus tests infringes on the…
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Texas, arguing that the state's new abortion law unconstitutionally infringes on the right to…
Anthony J. Colangelo considers the use of federal civil-rights laws to sue individuals who have brought lawsuits under Texas's recently passed abortion law. Read…
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