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September 8, 2025

Why Are More Politicians Running for State Office?

CSF Fellow John Kincaid writes about how more politicians are bypassing Congress to run for governor and other state offices, and fewer governors are running…

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September 5, 2025

Local Policing and Presidential Power

Joel Day and Ernesto Verdeja argue that the Trump administration's deployment of troops for police purposes undermines local policing, which they describe as "a constitutionally grounded…

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September 5, 2025

Federal Court Rules Use of Troops in California Illegal

A federal district judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration's recent use of the military in California violates laws that have been in place…

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September 4, 2025

Local Policing and Presidential Power

Joel Day and Ernesto Verdeja argue that the Trump administration's deployment of troops for police purposes undermines local policing, which they describe as "a constitutionally grounded…

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September 4, 2025

Are Restraints on the Presidency Collapsing?

Jonathan Zasloff writes that many of the democratic safeguards offered by federalism in the United States are being swept aside during Donald Trump's presidency.…

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September 3, 2025

Nepal and Ethnic Federalism

Nabraj Lama contends that Nepal's political system is under threat "from a deepening failure to address the ethnic identity question that federalism was supposed…

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September 3, 2025

Is Federalism in Australia a “Potemkin Village”?

James Allan argues that "Australia’s federalist system is broken" because of a 1920 High Court decision that set the nation on a path to…

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September 2, 2025

Call for Further Devolution for Wales

Mick Antoniw writes that further devolution for Wales is a critical step in the settling of the United Kingdom's democratic framework. Read more here.

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September 2, 2025

The Dormant Commerce Clause and the Cannabis Industry

Slates C. Veazey and Noah Matthews explore a split that has occurred among federal circuit courts related to the marijuana industry and the Dormant…

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August 29, 2025

Gerrymandering and the Tenth Amendment

Brian Darling contends that although gerrymandering is controversial, federal control over the process of drawing congressional districts would be worse. Darling writes that federal…

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August 29, 2025

Is California Poised to Exert Too Much Influence on AI?

Kevin Frazier and Adam Thierer note that California's legislature is moving many artificial-intelligence (AI) bills toward Governor Gavin Newsom's desk. Frazier and Thierer argue…

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August 28, 2025

Is Europe’s Support for Ukraine a “Federal Moment”?

Vera Spyrakou writes that Europe's support for Ukraine could represent a new "crystallization of Europe’s increasingly federal mode of collective action." Read more here.

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August 28, 2025

Does a National Guard Deployment to Fight Crime Violate Home Rule?

Jabari Simama contends that the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., violates home rule, the principle that "localities should be allowed…

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