In a blog post, Santosh Paul contends that simultaneous elections pose a threat to both federalism and democracy. Read more here.
In a podcast, Sam Wang, Julian Zelizer, and Daniel Hemel explore ways that blue states have begun to embrace federalism in response to Republican…
In an op-ed, Chito Gavino III identifies three overarching issues which he contends must be carefully thought through as the nation continues to consider…
In the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling in which the Court declared that the federal courts have no role in preventing partisan…
The latest Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2019) reveal that the Impact Factor for Publius: The Journal of Federalism has risen to 1.528. To celebrate this…
In an op-ed, Ilya Somin traces the rise of liberal support for federalism, highlighting a series a federal court rulings that have supported this change…
Ilya Shapiro and Randal John Meyer explore the two leading policy proposals for dealing with cannabis at the federal level. They contend that Congress must…
Writing in Law and Political Economy, Lisa L. Miller contends that federalism is a "questionable ally" for progressive politics. Read more here.
Thomas A. Hemphill reviews the recommendations of the Business Roundtable regarding the federalism implications of regulatory overlap among federal, state, and local agencies. Read…
In many states, women who have a certain number of children receive no additional welfare dollars when they have more children. These limits are allowed…
Patricia Danielle Cortez writes that the cannabis industry is "a difficult space to navigate" for Native Americans, but that there are several steps that…
A group of scholars has studied the role of ethnicity on the allocation federal finances in Nigeria. Read more here.
At a recent press forum, a former Senate President and former chair of the Commission on Elections weighed in on the pros and cons…
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