Jordan Elias writes that class actions brought in federal court but based on state law can lead to confusion and disagreement about the meaning…
Bridget A. Fabey examines the consent procedures involved when the federal government offers a grant and a state consents to it. Fabey argues that…
José Ernesto Pimentel Filho traces how federalism was adopted by Brazil following the 1889 coup against the monarchy, including the extent to which American federalism…
In the wake of a recent district court ruling from California that the addition of a citizenship question to the census violates the Constitution…
Glenn Lammi writes that in the past few years, state and local governments have moved more aggressively to regulate free-enterprise activity. In an example…
Heather Trela suggests that marijuana policy is becoming a "gateway drug for federalism." Ilya Shapiro, writing on the same topic, contends that Congress should drop trade barriers among…
Guillaume Bullier contends that budgetary federalism, rather than tax harmonization, would best ensure the democratic nature of tax decision-making within the European Union. Read more…
Liz Farmer writes that there are six items in the Trump administration's budget that state and local governments should consider when reviewing the proposal. Read…
Ash Narain Roy and Alana Golmei have edited "A Note on Green Federalism: Sharing Best Practices," a collection of essays and discussions from the…
State and local transportation officials from several states recently testified before Congress that they need flexibility from the federal government in how they spend…
Ben Merriman has written Conservative Innovators: How States Are Challenging Federal Powers (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2019). Merriman examines how conservatives in Kansas and other…
Jack Mintz writes that two types of regional conflicts occur in federations: conflicts of taste and conflicts of claim. Mintz explores how these concepts…
Jud Campbell writes that Jeffersonian Republicans developed the idea of First Amendment federalism in response to the Sedition Act of 1798. Republicans were deeply…
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