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American Federalism

December 10, 2020

Will States and Localities Be Left Out of Relief Package?

U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is recommending passing a scaled-down coronavirus relief package that would not include assistance to states and localities. Read…

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December 10, 2020

Review of Ethiopean Federalism and Conflict

Tom Gardner suggests that although the nation's system of ethnic federalism is facing serious challenges, "changes to the constitution need not spell the end of…

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American Federalism

December 9, 2020

Less Cooperative Federalism in Environmental Enforcement?

A group of writers predict that the incoming administration will move away from the Trump administration's cooperative federalism model, which has led to fewer…

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American Federalism

December 8, 2020

Federalism, Medicaid, and Immigrant Access to Healthcare

Medha D. Makhlouf writes that Medicaid’s cooperative federalism structure has led to "extreme" geographic differences in immigrants' access to healthcare. Makhlouf contends that national…

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American Federalism

December 8, 2020

Has Federalism Complicated America’s Response to the Pandemic?

Nicole Huber, Sarah H. Gordon, and David K. Jones contend that federalism has "complicated" the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.

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December 7, 2020

Decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa

A group of scholars have written a paper as part of a two year project concerning decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa.…

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American Federalism

December 7, 2020

States and Localities Face Cuts Due to Lack of Federal Aid

As the standoff over federal aid continues, states and localities are facing increasingly deep cuts (password required). Read more here.

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December 4, 2020

2021 Summer University on Federalism Announced

The Institute of Federalism at the University of Fribourg has announced the 2021 edition of its Summer University on federalism and decentralization. Read more here.

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December 4, 2020

Canadian Fiscal Federalism and the Coronavirus Pandemic

Sean Speer and Jonah Goldberg write that the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted a number of challenges faced by Canadian fiscal federalism. Read more here.

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American Federalism

December 3, 2020

Should Federal Regulation of Cannabis End?

Trevor Burrus contends that marijuana regulation should be left to states and localities "to ensure that people can use the drug responsibly within reasonable…

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American Federalism

December 3, 2020

The Constitutionality of Stay-At-Home Orders

Evan Gerstmann points to federalism as one of the reasons why the federal government is limited in what it can do to address the…

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December 2, 2020

Devolution in Iraq

Raad Alkadiri reviews the constitutional battle over devolution in Iraq and considers possible long-term solutions. Read more here.

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American Federalism

December 2, 2020

The “Mixed Blessing” of Federalism

Writing for the University of Maine's newspaper, Austin Hollifield explores the power that the states hold under the Tenth Amendment and concludes that "federalism…

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