Nicholas G. Napolio and Jordan Carr Peterson explore state agency resistance to federal government action in the American South. They contend that sectional tensions make…
Robert Anthony McReynolds writes that, under the constitutional separation of powers, the federal government should not be allowed to coerce (as by withholding federal…
Congress is considering making the assault of a police officer a federal crime. Ilya Somin argues that the bill is both unnecessary and poses a…
The Brennan Center for Justice tracks the status of redistricting litigation across the nation. The Center has recently updated its report, reflecting the latest news…
Richard Grossman writes that the Trump administration claimed that capping the state and local tax (SALT) deduction in the new tax law would end the…
Jared J. Wesley compares how effective American governors and Canadian premiers are at influencing the national political agendas of their respective countries. Wesley asserts that American…
JIm Malatras of the Rockefeller Institute of Government has authored a report assessing possible ways that the states, rather than the federal government, could become…
The California Supreme Court Historical Society has released its annual journal. The issue includes a study of the evolving nature of federalism, viewed through…
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…
The Supreme Court has struck down a 1992 federal law that banned commercial sports betting in most states. Ilya Somin looks beyond the effect…
Chris Pope writes that cost shifting from state governments to the federal government has come to dominate the budgetary process at the state level,…
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…
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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