States Close in on Spending Federal Coronavirus Aid Funds
States and localities have spent most of the $150 billion in federal pandemic aid, but recent surveys reveal that state and local officials would…
States and localities have spent most of the $150 billion in federal pandemic aid, but recent surveys reveal that state and local officials would…
Berihun Adugna Gebeye considers "the African experiment with federalism" in light of classic federal theory. Read more here.
A group of writers with GreenBiz asserts that a "new federalism" offers a path to successfully addressing the challenges posed by climate change. Read…
A blog post at Scroll In contends that the Goods and Services Tax Council marks a setback, not a benefit, to efforts at cooperative…
A federal district court has struck down a Trump administration rule that limited states' ability to waive certain food-stamp requirements. The ruling came in…
Lael Weinberger, noting that in its first 150 years the U.S. Supreme Court never used the word "federalism," considers Justice Felix Frankfurter's use of…
Nathaniel Rubin examines whether, under the U.S. Constitution, governors have the power to veto a state legislature’s bill governing presidential elections. Read more here.
The National Constitution Center has produced a "Scholar Exchange" video about federalism with Jeffrey Rosen and a special guest -- Thomas Jefferson! You can…
Berihun Adugna Gebeye compares the federal systems of Nigeria and Ethiopia to explore whether federalism can operate without constitutionalism. Read more here.
Hellmut Wollmann investigates the extent to which recentralization has occurred in Germany during the last several decades. Read more here.
Julia Stein explores whether California's 2035 ban of gas-powered vehicles could run afoul of the federal government's authority under the Clean Air Act. Read…
James Buckley contends that federalism in the United States "is just a memory," but that an "effective federalism" could be restored if Congress would…
Ian Bremmer examines Ethiopia's system of ethnic federalism and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's efforts to move the nation toward more of a "secular federalism"…
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