Federalism and the 2020 Elections
The U.S. Department of State has offered a Foreign Press Center Briefing on the role that federalism plays in the U.S. electoral process. Read…
The U.S. Department of State has offered a Foreign Press Center Briefing on the role that federalism plays in the U.S. electoral process. Read…
Clara Weiss reports on protests in far-eastern Russia, including calls for increased federalism in Russia. Read more here.
Gregory P. Marchildon and Peter Bleyer write that Canadian federalism is "flexible by design" and that the pandemic offers a chance "to use federalism…
João Carlos Souto compares the roles that federalism and judicial review have played in the two nations during the coronavirus outbreak. Read more here.
The Trump campaign and the Republican Party have sued Nevada, claiming that the state's plan to send absentee ballots to all voters will harm…
On August 7, Yale Law School will present Professor Craig Konnoth discussing "Privatizing Federalism in Health Data Regulation." Konnoth has suggested that a new form…
Frank J. Thompson, Kenneth K. Wong, and Barry G. Rabe have written Trump, the Administrative Presidency, and Federalism, (Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2020). The authors…
On August 13, Stanford's Hoover Institution will host a discussion of the coronavirus and federalism featuring Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland and Lanhee J.…
Girard Miller suggests that the coronavirus pandemic might be setting the stage for federal taxation of interstate digital commerce. If this happens, Miller says that…
Sarath Pillai writes that discussions of the recent tensions between the federal government and Jammu and Kashmir highlight many observers' "lack of engagement with…
Lisa Hansmann and Ganesh Sitaraman explore the creation, and possible federal funding, of an interstate compact for a pandemic testing board. Read more here.
David Schleicher contends that officials from all three branches of the federal government have repeatedly intervened in state and local economic crises to reassure…
Voters in Missouri will decide this Tuesday whether to expand the state's Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act. Read more here.
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