Anthony M. Bertelli, Pamela Clouser McCann, and Giulia Leila Travaglini analyze non-fiscal joint partnerships between Congress and states created between 1973 and 2010. They suggest…
Rajeev Ranjan Sinha of the University of Delhi has posted a review of Indian Federalism: Emerging Issues by S.K. Jain (ed.); New Delhi: Kalpaz Publications, 2017. Read…
Joe Martin writes that Canada, in contrast to the United States, did well during the 2008 financial crisis in part because Canada's form of…
Rose Ann Camille Caliso and Stephanie Rose Flores compare 15 federal governments around the world. They contend that such governments are constantly evolving and…
Alan Ehrenhalt writes that federal and state governments are increasingly mired in dysfunction and hyperpartisanship. Local governments, he suggests, have experienced success through collaboration…
The Trump administration and California are working together to prepare three regions off the coast of northern and central California for wind energy development. Read…
The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have released proposed rules for the opportunity zones tax incentive contained in last year's tax…
Efforts are underway to update the Basque Country's forty year old Statute of Autonomy. Michael Keating suggests that the difficulty the parties have encountered…
Bob Watts writes that First Nations face "social, legal, and political minefields" as a result of the nationwide legalization of marijuana. Read more here.
Toni M. Massaro and Shefali Milczarek-Desai examine sanctuary jurisdiction lawsuits and suggest that these actions undermine claims that localities are constitutionally powerless in the face…
The proposed removal of some governmental agencies away from Mexico City has sparked controversy. But some supporters see a federalism benefit as well as,…
Mireille Paquet has authored Province Building and the Federalization of Immigration in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018). Paquet writes that most studies of provincial …
Joseph H. Margolies writes that two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have softened the jurisdictional boundary between the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state public…
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