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January 31, 2018

Justice Department Pulls Proposed Internet Accessibility Requirements

In 2010, the Department of Justice published several Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) documents that would have required state and local governments to…

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American Federalism

January 31, 2018

What Is Puerto Rico’s Constitutional Status?

A group of scholars write that Puerto Rico continues to undergo a crisis of constitutional identity stemming from increasing control of the territory by…

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Books

January 30, 2018

Book About Federalism in Nepal, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka

Michael G. Breen has published The Road to Federalism in Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka: Finding the Middle Ground (Oxon: Routledge, 2018). The book traces how federalism…

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January 30, 2018

Tabàrnia Declares Independence

Tabàrnia, carved from the coast of Catalonia, has declared its independence. The new country, however, is an entirely fictional one created to ridicule Catalonia's bid for independence. Read…

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January 29, 2018

Fiscal Federalism, Monetary Union, and the Need for Cooperation

Hubert Kempf writes that fiscal federalism might not be the best solution in a monetary union if it fails to address non-cooperative behavior between…

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American Federalism

January 29, 2018

States Try to Shore Up Federal Health Law

The Trump administration's changes to the Affordable Care Act have shaken state insurance markets and raised prices for some people. States are taking diverging…

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American Federalism

January 29, 2018

Federalism Not a Basis to Criticize Marijuana Policy?

Michael C. Dorf writes that critics of Attorney General Jeff Sessions's new marijuana policy are correct to point out that the new policy contradicts…

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American Federalism

January 29, 2018

Federalism and Title IX

Emily Robey-Phillips writes that Title IX is under threat by the Trump administration. She argues that states, as well as the federal government, have…

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American Federalism

January 29, 2018

Pennsylvania Congressional Map Rejected on State Constitutional Grounds

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has struck down the state's 2011 congressional district map as unconstitutional. The Republican Party has appealed the ruling to the…

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American Federalism

January 29, 2018

Update on Partisan Gerrymandering

The Brennan Center for Justice has updated its round up of key redistricting litigation, including updates on recent partisan gerrymandering cases. Read more here.

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American Federalism

January 29, 2018

State Marijuana Board Official Resigns After Change in Federal Policy

A police officer serving on the Alaska Marijuana Control Board resigned the day after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that he had rescinded an…

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January 26, 2018

John Locke and the Juridical Aspect of Federative Power

Thomas M. Poole examines John Locke's analysis of the federative power. Poole finds Locke's downplaying of the juridical aspect of the federative power when…

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American Federalism

January 26, 2018

Federal Tax Law Could Prompt State Tax Changes

Some state leaders believe that the new federal tax law offers an opportunity to overhaul state tax codes. Read more here.

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