Harper's has reprinted an article by Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, originally published in 1964. Brown argued that many of the nation's modern challenges required federal,…
Laurence Claus writes that the Constitution does not speak to whether national governing actions fall within the enumerated subjects of national power. Claus suggests…
Raphael B. Corbi, Elias Papaioannou, and Paolo Surico examine the effect that federal transfers to local governments have on local labor markets. Read more here.
Stefan Sjöblom describes Finland's two-tier governmental system as characterized by the strength of the national ministerial structure and extensive local self-government. Sjöblom explores how…
Ivan Ozai writes that the Brazilian Constitution contains limitations relating to the right to tax the federal, state, and local governments. He examines the…
Anna Gamper of the University of Innsbruck offers an overview of the origins of Austria's federal structure in the years following World War I.…
Charles Lane writes that recent anti-gerrymandering ballot measures and increased Democratic voter turnout are sufficiently thwarting gerrymandering without the need for intervention by the…
The Indian Political Science Association has announced the 58th All India Political Science Conference & International Conference on India, to be held at the Department of…
Representative Rob Bishop (R-Utah) has sent a letter on behalf of the Speaker's Task Force on Intergovernmental Affairs to the Government Accountability Office to…
During a 2014 senate run, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker announced his support for nullification, claiming that "I think our founding fathers believed in…
David French warns that the federal government now presides over "perilously divided American regions." He suggests that the recent midterms have hardened the trend…
Colorado voters have amended their constitution to abolish slavery by removing language that bans slavery "except as a punishment for crime." The Colorado provision had echoed…
Alan Greenblatt predicts that with Democrats in control of the House of Representatives, states will take the lead in creating new laws appealing to…
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