Michael Tackett writes that the coronavirus outbreak has pushed a number of longstanding federalism issues to the fore. Read more here.
The Bill of Rights Institute has prepared a lesson about how different levels of government have responded to the coronavirus outbreak. Read more here.
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…
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…
Patricia I. Vásquez explores the roles played by federalism and the rule of law in Argentina's oil and gas sector. Read more here.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Congress cannot subject the states to suit for copyright infringement. Read more here.
Kyle Connors, a law student at the University of Virginia, contends that the federal Centers for Disease Control should have greater authority in directing…
Competition among the states for medical supplies is ramping up. Some states have asked the federal government to use a wartime law to bring order…
In response to the coronavirus outbreak, Democrats and Republicans have agreed to a $2 trillion stimulus bill intended to boost the economy. The bill includes…
In a blog post, a group of writers with the Brookings Institution call for "massive" federal fiscal aid to states and localities to help…
Andrew C. McCarthy writes that the coronavirus pandemic raises a host of federalism-related constitutional issues. Read more here.
Writing that "Germany's federalism is great, until it is not," Imanuel Marcus asserts that the coronavirus has led to a confusing patchwork of regulations…
Confusing statements early this week from President Trump and his administration about their response to the coronavirus outbreak have sparked increasing frustration among state…
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