Sara R. Collins and Jeanne M. Lambrew examine the balance that the Affordable Care Act strikes between the federal government and the states. They…
Researchers conducting a new study on federalism and Medicaid found that the Supreme Court's 2012 decision to allow states to opt out of Medicaid expansion resulted…
The U.S. Justice Department is urging a number of states to support the proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. The discussions are reportedly in…
Several car companies have entered into an agreement on stricter fuel-efficiency standards with California, a move that has drawn criticism from the Trump administration (password required). Read…
Some states with legal marijuana have enacted laws prohibiting employers from discrimination in hiring against people who have used cannabis legally. Employers who have federal contracts…
Thousands of California students have lost their federal financial aid because of a regulatory fight between the Department of Education and the National Education Association (password…
William J. Magnuson explores the question of how federalism affects the quality of law. He contends that, in developing regulations, many states "race to…
Samuel Hammond writes that the recently held "National Conservatism" conference offered, among other topics, an opportunity to consider how federalism could be affected by the nationalist…
A bipartisan bill to reconstitute the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations has emerged from a special task force. The commission would act as a…
Mark Sandford reviews the downward transfer of power occurring in England in the mid-2010s. Read more here.
Patrick Taillon, a law professor Université Laval, has proposed that Quebec be an equal partner with Ottawa in selecting the three Supreme Court justices that the…
Ilya Somin follows up his recent Washington Post article on federalism and liberals by exploring "fair weather federalism" and whether liberalism is inherently centralizing. Read more here.
Texas has recently enacted a law sharply limiting cities' ability to regulate construction of residential and commercial buildings. Under the new law, city construction codes…
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