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Health Officials Scramble to Meet New Federal Travel Restrictions

States and localities have struggled to comply with new travel restrictions issued by the Trump administration in response to the coronavirus (password required). Read…

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Cooperative Federalism Urged for India

Aymen Mohammed and Malavika Prasad urge the national government to develop new ways to foster cooperative federalism between it and the states. Read more here.

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Federalism and Language Program

The Eurac Research Winter School on Governance has announced that its program, "Federalism and Language," will be held February 17-28 at Innsbruck and Bolzano.…

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Brexit: Culture War with an Economic Fallout?

In an op-ed in the Irish Times, Chris Johns condemns Brexit as a culture-war issue, but asserts that "A federal UK -- devolved power --…

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American Federalism

How Will Water-Rule Change Affect Businesses and the Environment?

Patrik Jonsson reports on the possible benefits and challenges created by the Trump administration's rule changes regarding water protections: "Writ broadly, the shift underway…

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American Federalism

Democracy and Federalism Panel Discussion

The American Constitution Society recently hosted a panel titled: "Democracy and Federalism: Friends or Foes?" You can view the discussion here.

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“Citizenship Federalism” and Inequality

Kenneth Stahl writes that many nations have a form of "citizenship federalism," in which local citizenship exists alongside national citizenship. He contends, however, that…

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Nepalese Leaders Commit to Support Needs-Assessment Goals

Leaders in Nepal have expressed support for the most recent version of the World Bank's Federalism Capacity Needs Assessment. Read more here and here.

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The Unequal Return of Federal Taxes to the States Considered

Chris Edwards looks at federal taxation and the distribution of funds back to the states, declaring some states winners and other losers. Edwards questions…

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Books

Book on Regional Integration, Multilevel Governance, and the EU

Jae-Jae Spoon and Nils Ringe have edited The European Union and Beyond: Multi-Level Governance, Institutions, and Policy-Making (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020). The book's chapters…

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American Federalism

Federalism and Originalism

Sean Beienburg explores the relationship between federalism and the development of originalist judicial philosophy. Read more here.

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American Federalism

States Sue to Prevent Easier Access to Gun Designs for 3D Printers

A group of twenty states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Trump administration from making designs for 3D-printed…

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American Federalism

Stricter “Public Charge” Rule Upheld

The Supreme Court has approved a more stringent interpretation of a rule that allows the government to deny admission to, or residency in, the…

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