An article in the Harvard Law Review analyzes the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico U.S. Supreme Court opinion from last term, and suggests that the ruling…
Maryam Jamshidi suggests that the sort of private enforcement actions described in Jon Michaels and David Noll's article "Vigilante Federalism" existed long before the period…
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that it is awarding $82 million in grants for transportation safety to 235 localities. Read more here.
Jeffrey Steven Gordon writes that comparative judicial federalism is underexplored and that an "authoritative declaration of constitutional rights may vary with a country's particular…
A "leading case" article in the Harvard Law Review suggests that although the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Harper v. Moore largely rejected the so-called Independent State Legislature…
Ilya Somin writes that the diversity created by federalism helps to promote unity. Read more here.
Allison Whelan examines how state restrictions on pharmaceuticals approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration contribute to disparities in health-care access. She contends that…
A group of scholars explore the "political competition" among German state leaders to benefit the most from announced and actually implemented measures to combat the Covid…
C.R.G. Murray and Etain Tannam consider Northern Ireland's post-Brexit future and suggest that non-zero sum policies are still possible and should be explored. Read…
David Melding, a long-serving member of the Welsh Parliament, has written an article titled, "Federalism, Union, and Secession." Read more here.
In an op-ed, Andrew Coyne decries the "disintegration of a national consciousness" that he asserts is occurring as provinces increasingly "thumb their noses at…
Chris Edwards writes on the passing of federal judge and U.S. senator James Buckley that Buckley's Saving Congress from Itself is "a great introduction…
The World Federalist Movement has announced a live and Zoom event titled, "The Climate Crisis and World Federalism," to be held November 12. Read…
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