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September 26, 2024

Should Law Schools Push the Study of State Constitutions?

Ellie Margolis and Leonore Carpenter argue that state constitutional law has always been an important part of American federalism, even more so recently in…

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September 25, 2024

How Is American Federalism Faring?

Michael McConnell looks back at some of the Founders' federalism-related compromises and suggests that much can still be learned from their choices. Read more…

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September 25, 2024

Call for Continued English Devolution

Matthew Fright and Akash Paun explore how the U.K. government can extend devolution to all of England. The writers encourage this effort because almost half…

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September 24, 2024

Cooperative Federalism and Patent Legislation

Taorui Guan considers how patent legislative power should be allocated between national and local governments by comparing how the United States and China have dealt with…

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September 24, 2024

A Constitutional Duty to Negotiate Federal Transfers?

Karin Millaire contends that section 36 of the Canadian Constitution Act of 1982 establishes a constitutional duty to negotiate federal transfers, a requirement "shaped by…

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September 23, 2024

Obafemi Awolowo’s Federalism Legacy

In an op-ed, Ojo Emmanuel Ademola discusses the legacy of Obafemi Awolowo's leadership in Nigeria and his support for regionalized federalism. Read more here.

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September 23, 2024

SALT Deduction Revisited

The reduction of the state and local tax deduction put in place by Congress in 2017 will expire in 2025. Girard Miller warns that…

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September 20, 2024

The Second Amendment and State Constitutional Law

Martha F. Davis suggests that the U.S. Supreme Court's Second Amendment analysis in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen poses federalism challenges as…

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September 20, 2024

When Governors Move to the White House

Donald F. Kettl explores why governors who become U.S. presidents do not always bring about state-friendly policies. Read more here.

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September 19, 2024

The “Last Mile” in American Cooperative Federalism

Anthony B. Derron argues that many significant examples of federal legislation, such as the Clean Water Act, are diminished because implementation at the state and local…

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September 19, 2024

Indian States Explore a “Federalism Front” Against Modi Government

The Indian Express reports that leadership in a number of states in India have called for an alliance to push back against what they contend is…

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September 18, 2024

Devolution and the United Kingdom’s PRMB

Thomas Horsley writes that the United Kingdom's Product Regulation and Metrology Bill departs from recent efforts to devolve the regulation of domestic trade to…

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September 18, 2024

Federalism and Montana’s TikTok Ban

Montana was the first U.S. state to ban TikTok. Wei Luo analyzes Montana's action through a lens of assessing the federalism limitations of the state's…

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