Supreme Court Considers Taking Appeal Stemming from State Fuel Tax
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Trump administration for its views on a conflict between the railroad industry and Alabama over the state's…
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Trump administration for its views on a conflict between the railroad industry and Alabama over the state's…
Kevin D. Williamson suggests that the federal-government shutdown illustrates that the states are better positioned to handle airport security than the federal Transportation Security…
This week, two federal district courts have issued injunctions barring the federal government from implementing rules that would have allowed employers to circumvent the…
Kristin Hildreth of the National Conference of State Legislatures has posted a two-part blog reviewing 2018 federal environmental regulatory actions that could affect the…
James W. Lucas writes in the National Review that the Supreme Court's recent decision to review two partisan gerrymandering cases poses the threat of a judicial…
Mahmood Mamdani writes that Ethiopia's president, Abiy Ahmed, has carried out an impressive array of reforms since taking office last year, but his policies…
Joseph Scott Miller considers Justice Louis Brandeis's intellectual-property dissent in International News Service v. Associate Press together with his "earthquake opinion" in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins. Read more…
The Rockefeller Institute of Government has released its second annual study of the distribution of federal budget receipts and expenditures across the nation. The report…
Next week, University College London will host Nuradin Dirie, Special Adviser to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Somalia, at…
In an "argument preview," Richard M. Re writes for SCOTUSblog that Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt -- a case about to make its…
Canada's McGill University has announced that the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism is returning for its second year. The goal of the competition is…
Richard L. Hasen writes that the Supreme Court's recent decision to accept two partisan gerrymandering appeals could end up making gerrymandering worse. Read more here.
Dayna Santana writes that support for Catalan nationalism continues to threaten Spain. She contends that the nation should embrace federalism "in order to save…
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