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American Federalism

September 25, 2018

Many Medicaid Recipients Unaware of Work Requirement

State officials in Arkansas are concerned that most Medicaid recipients do not know that the state has implemented a work requirement. Only about two…

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American Federalism

September 25, 2018

The Limits of City Power

Amy Liu reports that many cities have taken the lead in economic development, clean energy, and other issues that have bogged down at the…

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September 24, 2018

Federalism Too Soon for the Philippines?

Malcolm Cook predicts that the Philippines will not adopt a federalist system during President Rodrigo Duterte's presidency. Cook supports the status quo on grounds…

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American Federalism

September 24, 2018

State Legislative Work Overlooked as Voters Focus on National Politics

Matthew Yglesias warns that voter familiarity with the work of state legislators has plummeted as voters increasingly cast their votes based on how state…

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September 24, 2018

Winter School on Federalism

The University of Innsbruck and Eurac Research have announced a call for applications for the 2019 Winter School on Federalism and Governance. Read more here.

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September 21, 2018

The Constitution and Indian Nations

In this Constitution Day speech, Joseph William Singer calls for increased awareness of how Indian Nations are treated by the Constitution and by the…

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September 21, 2018

Intergovernmental Responses to Climate Change in Canada and Germany

An international group of scholars has studied Canadian and German intergovernmental responses to climate change. They suggest that because the effects of climate change…

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American Federalism

September 20, 2018

Congress Urged to Let Wayfair Stand

The National Conference of State Legislatures is urging Congress to not legislate around the recent South Dakota v. Wayfair decision, in which the Supreme…

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American Federalism

September 20, 2018

First Amendment Federalism

Jud Campbell suggests that, in arguing against the Sedition Act of 1798, Republicans claimed that the Free Speech and Press Clauses eliminated any federal…

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American Federalism

September 20, 2018

The Constitution, Federalism, and Government by Consensus

Robert F. Duncan writes that the U.S. Constitution secures federalism by preserving the states as political entities, limiting national power through enumeration and reserving…

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American Federalism

September 19, 2018

Federalism and the Early American Marketplace

Michael Blaakman explores how early American capitalists used the nation's federal structure to work for them by creating a competitive market structure in land…

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American Federalism

September 19, 2018

Constitutional Study Urged

In honor of Constitution Day, Christine Cooke, Kyle Treasure, and Amber Maxfield  spent several months studying the Constitution. They urge others to do so as…

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September 18, 2018

Ethiopian Federalism in Transition?

Yonatan Fessha writes that although Ethiopia's two-decade-old federal structure is dominated by democratic centralism, the nation is moving toward increased power at the state…

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