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April 2, 2020

Low German Fatality Rate Due to State-Level Control?

Germany has maintained a far lower fatality rate from the coronavirus than other nations. Some credit the plentiful testing that the nation's 16 states…

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April 2, 2020

Efforts at Collaborative Federalism in Indian Lockdown Questioned

Yogesh Pratap Singh and Ashirbad Nayak write that no serious effort was made to coordinate between the national and state governments in preparing for…

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April 1, 2020

Darwinian Federalism?

Nancy Cook and Dan Diamond write that the Trump administration is pushing responsibility for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic onto the states. They suggest…

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American Federalism

April 1, 2020

Report on Federal and State Crisis Responses

The Hoover Institution at Stanford University has released a report highlighting fellows' thoughts on the roles of the federal and state governments in dealing…

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April 1, 2020

Coronavirus and Ethiopian Federalism

Zemelak Ayitenew Ayele examines how the federal and state governments are responding to the coronavirus outbreak. He contends that "the virus has revealed the strengths…

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American Federalism

March 31, 2020

Vehicle Emissions Standards Almost Completed

The Trump administration has almost completed its long-planned tailpipe-emissions rollback. California and environmental groups are expected to file legal challenges to the new rules (password required). Read…

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March 31, 2020

Has the Coronavirus Boosted Federalism in India?

In a blog post, Ayan Sharma contends that the coronavirus pandemic has given federalism in India a "much-needed boost." Read more here.

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American Federalism

March 31, 2020

Coronavirus Leads to Focus on Federalism

Michael Tackett writes that the coronavirus outbreak has pushed a number of longstanding federalism issues to the fore. Read more here.

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American Federalism

March 30, 2020

Teaching About Federalism in a Time of Crisis

The Bill of Rights Institute has prepared a lesson about how different levels of government have responded to the coronavirus outbreak. Read more here.

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American Federalism

March 30, 2020

Would House Gerrymandering Bill Improperly Commandeer the States?

A Note in the Harvard Law Review contends that a bill passed last term by the U.S. House of Representatives that would require states to use…

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American Federalism

March 27, 2020

Court Rejects Trump Administration Sanctuary-Jurisdiction Policy

Ilya Somin applauds this week's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit striking down a Trump administration policy of using…

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March 27, 2020

Federalism, Argentina, and Petroleum Production

Patricia I. Vásquez explores the roles played by federalism and the rule of law in Argentina's oil and gas sector. Read more here.

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American Federalism

March 27, 2020

Supreme Court Bars Congress from Waiving States’ Copyright Sovereign Immunity

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Congress cannot subject the states to suit for copyright infringement. Read more here.

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