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May 17, 2024

Review of “The Interbellum Constitution”

Annette Gordon-Reed has reviewed Alison LaCroix's recent book, The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms. Read more here.   

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May 17, 2024

Canadian Federalism and Alberta’s Sovereignty Act

Barry Cooper considers Alberta's widely criticized Sovereignty Act in the broader context of the Canadian federalism experience. Cooper contends that "the political distance dividing…

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May 16, 2024

Call for Cooperative, Rather Than Confrontational, Federalism

In an op-ed, Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan write that "federalism works best when it’s based on shared economic and social visions of the future"…

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May 16, 2024

Drop in Federal Funding Worries State and Local Victim-Assistance Providers

Recent decreases in federal funding for state and local entities that offer victim services has prompted demands for increased -- and more consistent -- funding from…

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May 15, 2024

Report on Nepal’s Fiscal Federalism

The World Bank's most recent report on fiscal federalism in Nepal calls for further reforms to help subnational governments better carry out their responsibilities.…

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May 15, 2024

Democratic Federalism and the U.S. Supreme Court

Carolyn Shapiro explores democracy and federalism, particularly, in her words, the U.S. Supreme Court's "failure to protect democracy." Read more here.

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May 14, 2024

Federalism and Healthcare in Italy and Canada

Franca Maino and Antonia Maioni examine the relationship between federalism, decentralization, and health reform in Italy and Canada. Read more here.

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May 14, 2024

“Ghostwriting” Federalism

Adam S. Zimmerman describes how federal agencies shape state legislation and policy development, a process he refers to as "ghostwriting federalism." Read more here.

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May 8, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court, Health Law, and Federalism

Nicole Huberfield examines recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court that emphasize dual-sovereignty federalism and discount the ubiquity of federal/state partnerships in health law. Read…

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May 8, 2024

Democracy and Federalism

In an article on democracy and federalism, Michael Da Silva suggests that the two concepts are "importantly related and have several implications for institutional…

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May 7, 2024

“Evaporating” Rights of Biological Parents

Jeffrey A. Parness writes that, more than forty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court established that parental rights could not be terminated on less…

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May 7, 2024

Do Ethiopia’s Political Challenges Stem from Ethnic Federalism?

Tibebe Samuel Ferenji explores whether many of Ethiopia's political challenges stem from ethnic federalism or, in the writer's words, "the politics of hate." Read more…

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May 6, 2024

Constitutionality of State Borrowing Questioned

Writing that "fiscal federalism is a facet of India’s democracy," Kaleeswaram Raj questions the constitutionality of a 2018 law that purports to give the national…

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