Andres Mejia Acosta and Louise Tillin examine how vertical inter-governmental political and fiscal bargains and horizontal variation in conditions across regions boost or undercut…
A group of scholars from the UK have published a report from the final Brexit and Rights Engagement Network roundtable. Read more here.
A team led by Paolo Dardanelli and CSF Fellow John Kincaid has studied centralization and decentralization over time in a number of federations. The…
Lee Hannah and Daniel J. Mallinson write that although federalism offers states the chance to develop innovative policies, federalism can also be chaotic and…
J. Brian Charles reports that the opportunity zone program created by the 2017 federal tax law could be a boon to many distressed cities. Read…
Liz Farmer writes that more than $6 billion in federal funding is at risk for the states because of President Trump's emergency declaration. Read…
Samuel P. Medenilla warns that the fate of federalism could hinge on which candidates voters choose in the nation's upcoming midterm elections. Read more here.
Shashank Kela describes the fundamental role federalism plays in India, and he examines the doctrine of states' rights. Read more here.
Vanessa Brown Calder suggests that, contrary to President Trump's stated support for a federal family paid leave policy, states and localities would be better…
Martin Olszynski writes that litigation of the federal government's greenhouse gas pricing plan concerns not only the constitutionality of the plan, but also the…
CSF Fellow John Kincaid writes that the complex characteristics of American federalism will thwart "the worst initiatives of Donald Trump's presidency." Read more here.
Writing that, "happily, we have federalism," Bill Alpert reports that the legalization of marijuana continues to progress despite the federal ban on the substance. Read…
The Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children has recently intervened in climate-change related litigation, arguing that children are particularly vulnerable to the negative…
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