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A Federalist Approach to Vaccine Hesitancy?

Charles D. Curran suggests that the increased centralization of vaccination data during the Covid pandemic added a new dimension to vaccine hesitancy in the…

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Supreme Court Rules on State Policies and Federal Criminal Law

This week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, partly on federalism grounds, that state and local officials cannot be convicted of accepting gratuities under a…

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States’ Rights and Constitutional Change

Ethan Yan writes that states have more influence in the current political system and especially on policy change than is usually recognized. He suggests…

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Federalism and Peacebuilding in Africa

Natalia Valero writes that federalism offers a way for groups to maintain identities, cultures, and distinctiveness. She suggests that federal governance can act as…

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Pandemic Funds and Water Infrastructure

The Pew Charitable Trusts reports that federal pandemic recovery funds are boosting state-level efforts to improve water infrastructure. Read more here.

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History of Corporate Law Federalism

William W. Bratton reviews the history of corporate law federalism -- the interrelation of federal and state regulation of internal corporate affairs. Read more…

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Is Iraq Failing to Empower Its Territories?

The Washington Kurdish Institute reports that the Iraqi constitution drafted after the removal of Saddam Hussein from power was intended to empower regional governments.…

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Banking and Federalism

Dan Awrey reviews the dual -- federal and state -- banking system in the United States and analyzes the potential threats posed to that system…

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CHIP Expansion in Two States Compared

Daniel Chang reports on how expansion of the federally and state funded Children's Health Insurance Program has differed in two conservative states, Florida and…

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Tribal Stewardship Area Announced

Three tribal nations on the West Coast have created the Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area to offer environmental protection to a coastal region. This is…

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Discussion of Trends in Canadian Federalism

The Runnymede Society has placed a panel discussion of emerging trends in Canadian federalism online. You can listen here.

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Judicial Federalism in Multidistrict Litigation

Patrick D. Murphree contends that motions to remand filed in multidistrict cases should be decided promptly because doing so "respects a plaintiff’s right to…

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Judicial “Laboratories of Democracy”

Gerald S. Dickinson writes that current scholarship does not adequately address the significance of state courts in the idea of state "laboratories of democracy."…

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