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September 24, 2025

State Enforcement of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment

Henry Ishitani contends that the U.S. Supreme Court's reasoning in Trump v. Anderson is flawed for reasons based on federalism and the historical record. Read more…

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September 23, 2025

Subsidiarity and Federalism

Erika Arban writes that subsidiarity remains "an elusive, almost vague" principle and that it is similar to, but not the same as, federalism. Arban considers…

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September 23, 2025

More Members of Congress Seek State Office

Nathan L. Gonzales highlights the growing number of members of Congress planning to run for governor of their home states. Read more here.

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September 22, 2025

Federalism and Transportation Safety Reforms

James H. Burnley reviews the history of passive and active restraint implementation in American vehicles. Burnley writes that the way the Reagan administration worked with…

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September 22, 2025

MAHA and Federalism

Donald F. Kettl contends that Americans could block much of Robert F. Kennedy's Make America Health Again agenda by opposing it at the state level.…

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September 19, 2025

Is the United States Experiencing a “War” Over Federalism?

William G. Gale and Darrell M. West describe a "war over federalism" that they assert has erupted during the first year of the Trump…

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September 19, 2025

Western States Announce Vaccine Alliance

Four Western states have issued their own vaccine recommendations in response to changes in vaccine recommendations made by the U.S. Department of Health and…

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September 18, 2025

Federalism and India’s Constitution

Kiruba Munusamy explores how India's constitution embraces both a powerful center and respect for the authority of the states. Read more here.

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September 18, 2025

NCSL Calls on the DOJ to Withdraw Interstate Commerce Request

The National Conference of State Legislatures has urged the U.S. Department of Justice to withdraw its request for information on state laws or policies that burden…

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September 17, 2025

Book on Politics in Multinational Democracies

Jaime Lluch has edited Constitutional Structures and Politics in Multinational Democracies (London, Palgrave Macmillan: 2025). The book's contributors address the "political jousting between sub-state demoi and the…

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September 17, 2025

The Crown Estate in Wales

Gareth Evans analyzes a recent bill aimed at devolving the Crown Estate in Wales. Evans considers the arguments for and against its devolution, and reviews the…

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September 16, 2025

Federalism and American Religion

Rick Plasterer considers a recent article co-written by Timon Cline about the possibility of overturning Everson v. Board of Education (1947), a U.S. Supreme Court opinion…

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September 16, 2025

Cooperative Federalism and Energy Policy Development

Amy O. Cooke explores efforts by some states to develop their own energy policies. Cooke contends that states, rather than the federal government, are…

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