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CNAS Explores Effects of Emboldened States on U.S. Security

The Center for a New American Security has launched a new project titled "21st Century Federalism and the National Security Implications," which will study…

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Canadian Provinces and the Administration of Federal Laws

The Canadian Supreme Court recently affirmed the principle that provinces cannot be compelled to administer federal laws. Read more here.

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Pandemics and Internal Borders

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…

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A Call for All States to Accept Medicaid Expansion

Natasha Murphy of the Center for American Progress cites a number of reasons why, she contends, the ten states that have not expanded Medicaid…

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Migrants and Federal and Local Policies

Ilya Somin considers the federal and local practices that have either contributed to, or eased, immigration issues in a number of American cities. Read…

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Commission Identifies Possible Paths for Wales

Stephen Clear reviews a recently issued report by the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales that maps out a series of possible…

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Malapportionment and Concessionary Federalism in India

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"…

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Federalism, Standing, and Wage-and-Hour Litigation

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.

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Thomas Burke’s Contributions to Federalism

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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Federal Indian Law and Federal Sovereignty

Matthew L.M. Fletcher writes that many litigants in tribal courts struggle to obtain justice because of federal government sovereignty defenses. Read more here.

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More Support in Conservative States for Medicaid Expansion

Daniel Chang and Andy Miller report that many conservative Southern lawmakers are rethinking their opposition to Medicaid expansion (password required). Read more here.

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Federalism for Myanmar?

In an op-ed, Keith B. Richburg contends that the civil war in Myanmar is at a turning point, and that the Biden administration should…

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Federalism and Habeas Corpus

Rick Eberstadt writes that Alabama v. Williams is "a federalism case to watch" because, if the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear it, the high court…

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