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Brexit and Poland’s Role in the EU

James Rothwell suggests that Britain's decision to leave the European Union could push Poland "into the grip of EU federalism." Read more here.

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Redistricting Seminars Announced

The National Conference of State Legislatures has scheduled a series of redistricting seminars in advance of the 2021 release of census data. Read more here.

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Deconstructing Philippine Federalism

In this op-ed, Antonio Tujan writes that federalism will not be a "silver bullet solution" to the nation's challenges. Tujan contends that the nation…

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EU Support Does Not Lead to Unity

Laurence Norman and Drew Hinshaw write that although the European Union has spent lavishly in an attempt to unify the continent, many of the…

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American Federalism

More Cities Suing on Health Issues

Mattie Quinn reports that cities are increasingly turning to litigation to sort through disagreements with the federal government about health-care issues. Read more here.

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American Federalism

Mississippi Amends Its Medicaid Work-Requirement Waiver Application

Mississippi has applied for a federal waiver that would allow it to implement work requirements for Medicaid. But unlike Kentucky, Mississippi refused to accept…

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American Federalism

Liberals Increasingly Embrace Federalism

Ira Stoll writes that left-learning groups are rediscovering ways that federalism can help advance their causes. Read more here.

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Federal, Semi-Federal, and Quasi-Federal

Payas Jain explores what makes a constitution "federal," and whether there is any value to identifying a nation, such as India, as "quasi-federal" or…

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Federalism, Chinese Style

Lizhi Liu and Barry R. Weingast write that because China lacks a strong legal infrastructure, businesses there are much more vulnerable than business ventures…

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Subnational Democracy

Will Freeman offers case studies of Mexico and Serbia in suggesting that pockets of democracy sometimes exist within authoritarian regimes. He theorizes that when…

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American Federalism

Climate Tort Federalism

Tracy Hester writes that climate litigation has revived in state courts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2011 that the federal Clean Air…

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Federalism, States’ Rights, and Racism

Lynn Edelman contends that the adherence to federalism by the conservative majority of the Supreme Court has had such disastrous consequences for the African-American…

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Europeanization and Greece

Nikolaos Komninos Hlepas writes that Greece introduced decentralization measures after admission to the European Union in 1981. Hlepas suggests that in recent years, however,…

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