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March 27, 2024

Conflict Between Federal and State Abortion Laws to Be Heard Soon by Supreme Court

Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw examine the conflict shaping up at the U.S. Supreme Court between the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, which…

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March 26, 2024

Modi Asserts Control Over Indian Federalism

An article in New York Times reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to remake Indian federalism and ensure that his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, remains in power (password required). Read…

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March 26, 2024

Federalism and Criminal Law

Sheldon Evans contends that the "modern cooperative era of federalism has served to facilitate mass incarceration" and he suggests a new way of considering federalism…

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March 25, 2024

Tensions Erupt Between U.S. Forest Service Employees and Anti-Government Activists

CSF Fellow John Kincaid was recently quoted in a Washington Post article that focused on tensions between federal forest workers and local anti-government residents in Oregon (password required).…

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March 25, 2024

Foreign Affairs Federalism

Julia Spiegel explores the history of state and local involvement in foreign affairs and suggests that "the courts have not caught up with current…

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March 22, 2024

Would Devolution Relieve Inequality in England?

Michael Kenny looks at the possible benefits that more devolution could offer for inequality in English society. Read more here.

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March 22, 2024

Texas Migrant Law and the State of American Federalism

Charlie Savage and Jack Healy explore how Texas's efforts to enforce a law that would allow the state to arrest undocumented immigrants underscores the…

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March 21, 2024

Municipal Bond Opportunities for States and Localities

Girard Miller writes that, thanks to America's unique "federalist heritage," states and localities can take advantage of financial opportunities in municipal bond markets as long as care is taken not…

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March 21, 2024

States Encounter Shortfalls in Unemployment Funding

Zina Hutton reports that many states are facing shortfalls in unemployment trust funds, despite the availability of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds. Read…

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March 20, 2024

Is Québec Once Again Moving Toward Autonomy?

Charles Berthelet writes that some of Québec’s political leaders are again urging for more autonomy for the province "in the absence of substantial changes to…

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March 20, 2024

Call for Ethnic Federalism in Uganda

Busingye Kabumba contends that Uganda would benefit from a system of ethnic federalism. Read more here.

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March 19, 2024

The Excessive Fines Clause and Actions of the States

Jessica Asbridge notes that the U.S. Supreme Court has recently ruled that the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment applies to the states…

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March 19, 2024

Lessons Learned from the Pandemic?

Ji Yoon Han writes that "executive federalism, where the prime minister and premiers drive much of the institutional response," was the basis of the Canadian…

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