Democracy Without Borders and the World Federalist Conference will hold an online federalism conference this February 17-18. Read more here.
Adam B. Sopko examines state supreme court shadow dockets -- traditionally, dockets devoted to procedural issues -- to consider whether these courts offer constitutional…
A group of scholars call for increased federal intervention in local policing. Read more here.
Sandra L. Rierson examines recent efforts -- including proposed state legislation -- to restrict the birthright citizenship outlined in the Fourteenth Amendment. Read more…
Chris Edwards contends that "reviving federalism" is an essential way to deal with the federal debt. Read more here.
Canada has recently entered into a formal agreement devolving a number of powers to Nunavit, its northernmost territory. Read more here.
Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute traces the events underlying the ongoing border conflict between Texas and the federal government. Read more here.
Evan Caminker contends that the Elections Clause of Article I of the U.S. Constitution should be construed to place a duty on states to provide…
Zina Hutton looks at why some states are refusing to participate in a federal program that offers states funding for meals provided at summer…
John Rieger and Tracie Yang of The Asia Foundation host a podcast episode exploring the progress of federalism in Nepal. You can listen here.
Charles Breton reviews the "strings attached" nature of federal-to-provincial funding for Canadian healthcare and contends that provinces should not be accountable to Ottawa in that…
Tatiana Litvinova explores the history and possible prospects for Russian federalism. Read more here.
Gerald S. Dickinson writes that the doctrine of federalization -- the practice of the U.S. Supreme Court consulting state laws and state-court doctrines to…
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