Federal Preemption of State Restrictions of FDA-Approved Drugs
Lars Noah explores the possibility of a federal preemption, through action of the Food and Drug Administration, of state laws that curtail the use…
Lars Noah explores the possibility of a federal preemption, through action of the Food and Drug Administration, of state laws that curtail the use…
Daniel Cohan writes that states need more tools and resources to meet stricter particle pollution requirements recently implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency. Read…
Nicholas Aroney contends that federal constitutions reflect a "unique federative motif" that can be seen in the relationship between constituent powers, legislative powers, and amendment…
Liz Farmer with the Pew Charitable Trusts reports on how states are transitioning away from Covid-19 pandemic aid. Read more here.
The Center for a New American Security has launched a new project titled "21st Century Federalism and the National Security Implications," which will study…
The Canadian Supreme Court recently affirmed the principle that provinces cannot be compelled to administer federal laws. Read more here.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Michael Da Silva explores when internal borders in federal nations can be closed due to public health…
Natasha Murphy of the Center for American Progress cites a number of reasons why, she contends, the ten states that have not expanded Medicaid…
Ilya Somin considers the federal and local practices that have either contributed to, or eased, immigration issues in a number of American cities. Read…
Stephen Clear reviews a recently issued report by the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales that maps out a series of possible…
Jeetendra Vishwakarma writes that increasing malapportionment for seats in Parliament is increasing tensions between the nation's southern and northern states. Vishwakarma urges a "concessionary federalism"…
Elle Eshleman examines how changes in standing doctrine "implicate federalism" when federal courts sit in diversity in state wage-and-hour claims. Read more here.
Aaron N. Coleman and Adam L. Tate note that Section II of the Articles of Confederation preserved to the states all powers not specifically delegated…
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