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American Federalism

May 16, 2018

Study of the Changing Nature of State and Local Relations

The California Supreme Court Historical Society has released its annual journal. The issue includes a study of the evolving nature of federalism, viewed through…

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May 16, 2018

Analysis of the Narendra Modi Government’s Impact on Federalism

Chanchal Kumar Sharma and Wilfried Swenden examine what the Bharatiya Janata Party's 2014 victory has meant for the relationship between the national government and…

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American Federalism

May 16, 2018

Supreme Court Allows Sports Betting

The Supreme Court has struck down a 1992 federal law that banned commercial sports betting in most states. Ilya Somin looks beyond the effect…

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American Federalism

May 15, 2018

Cost Shifting from the States to the Federal Government

Chris Pope writes that cost shifting from state governments to the federal government has come to dominate the budgetary process at the state level,…

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May 15, 2018

Book on Canadian Employment-Services Devolution

Donna E. Wood has written Federalism in Action: The Devolution of Canada's Public Employment Service, 1995-2015 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018). Wood examines…

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American Federalism

May 15, 2018

California Conservatives Push Back Against Sanctuary Law

Opposition to California's sanctuary law is growing among the state's conservative residents and political leaders. Some argue that the law has created a public…

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American Federalism

May 14, 2018

Doctrine Proposed to Address Abdication of Federal Responsibilities

Justin Weinstein-Tull writes that many states abdicate their federal responsibilities to local governments, then stifle local dissent to such action. This, he contends, has…

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American Federalism

May 14, 2018

Can the Federal Judiciary Reverse Puerto Ricans’ Disenfranchisement?

A denial of an en banc request related to the possible right of Puerto Ricans to vote in federal elections has sparked a series of dissents by the judges…

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American Federalism

May 14, 2018

New Jersey Poised to Implement Individual Mandate

New Jersey is the first state to pass a bill, expected to be signed by the governor, that requires individuals to have health insurance. The…

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American Federalism

May 11, 2018

Federalism and Constitutional Criminal Law

Brenner M. Fissell considers the imbalance that exists between constitutional criminal law (i.e., substantive law) and constitutional criminal procedure. This imbalance has resulted in a…

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May 11, 2018

Is Brexit Already Affecting Scotland and Northern Ireland?

Kirsty Hughes and Katy Hayward write that there has been a troubling lack of concern that two of the four Brexit voting areas in the United…

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American Federalism

May 11, 2018

Federalism and Welfare

William H. Paul contends that the Trump administration's support of state-level work requirements for public-food assistance marks a move toward revitalizing federalism and the Tenth…

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American Federalism

May 10, 2018

Foreign Affairs Federalism?

David Freeman Engstrom and Jeremy M. Weinstein raise the question of whether states should play a role in foreign affairs -- and suggest that states…

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