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CDC Tells States to Prepare for Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control has requested that the states be prepared to distribute coronavirus vaccines by later October, although it is unclear whether…

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India and Asymmetrical Federalism

Sandra Varkey examines constitutional asymmetry in the Indian federal structure. Read more here.

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New York Leaders Call for Federal Aid

Governor Andrew Cuomo and labor union leaders have requested almost $60 billion in aid from the federal government, saying that the state is in…

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Are States “Supplicants” of the Federal Government?

Donald F. Kettl writes that the pandemic has revealed how tattered intergovernmental relations between the federal government and states have become. Read more here.

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Call for Papers

The School of Politics and International Relations at Australian National University has announced the third Baxter Family Competition on Federalism. The school invites papers…

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The Trump Administration and Medical Supply “Chaos”

Michael C. Bender and Rebecca Ballhaus report on the Trump administration's plan to require states to get their own medical supplies as coronavirus cases ramped…

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Australian States Close Borders in Response to Pandemic

Border closures by states have sparked controversy, prompting Prime Minister Scott Morrison to declare that “Australia was not built to have internal borders, in fact the very…

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States Consider Counting Mail-In Ballots Early

Many states are expecting a record number of mail-in ballots for the upcoming November election. A number of swing states are considering counting mail-in…

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Modi Government Criticized About GST Compensation

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi recently contended that the nation's goods and services tax regime is an example of cooperative federalism, but one that…

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Environmental Federalism and Air Pollution in India

A group of authors have called for more centralization of India's environmental federalism in response to increased cross-state air pollution. Read more here.

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Analysis of the Indian Law “Bombshell”

Robert J. Miller and Torey Dolan explore the possible ramifications of the McGirt v. Oklahoma U.S. Supreme Court ruling, writing that it "is probably the…

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Fiscal Federalism and the Pandemic

A group of scholars have proposed a revitalization of fiscal federalism as a way to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.

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The Canadian Supreme Court and Cooperative Federalism

Peter Oliver writes that the nation's high court continues to focus on cooperative federalism by generally upholding legislation. Read more here.

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