Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont recently expressed support for Swiss-style federalism for Catalonia, asserting that "if Spain were organized like Switzerland, there would have…
In this study of the relationship between judicial federalism and state-level representation, Jonathan P. Kastellec suggests a framework in which federal courts could provide…
Liz Farmer writes that the first major bipartisan banking bill since Dodd-Frank has both pluses and minuses for states and local governments. Read more here.
The mayor of Oakland escalated California's conflict with the federal government by warning of imminent operations in the community by federal immigration officers. Attorney…
Nineteen state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief supporting Minnesota and its anti-discrimination law in a case involving a media production company that…
The Wall Street Journal editorial board has called on Congress to not enact legislation allowing states to collect sales taxes from out-of-state online retailers.…
At the recent National League of Cities annual conference, city leaders declared that rebuilding infrastructure is their top priority. They also called on the…
Lenny Mendonca and Laura D. Tyson write that divide and deadlock at the federal level have become severe. They contend that the best response…
The Trump administration has indicated that it might bring lawsuits against states with sanctuary laws similar to California's. With more than 300 jurisdictions having…
With a ruling about the legality of taxing online sales due this term from the U.S. Supreme Court, some states are already writing laws to…
Carl W. Stenberg and David K. Hamilton have edited Intergovernmental Relations in Transition (Oxon: Routledge, 2018). The book, which includes a chapter written by…
Garrett Epps explores the overlapping-jurisdiction issues that have moved to the fore because of the U.S. Justice Department's recently filed immigration lawsuit against California. Epps concludes that…
Huiyu Zhao and Robert V. Percival compare how the United States and China divide responsibility for environmental governance between the national and state governments.…
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