Alan Ehrenhalt explores what he terms the "quixotic efforts" of counties and localities to secede from the state where they are located. Read more…
Amanda Z. Sin contends that the use of intergovernmental service agreements (IGSAs) is a fundamentally flawed way for the U.S. government to carry out…
Olivier Jacques explores differing "cost pressures, retrenchment capacities and revenue constraints" between the federal government and the provinces that, he asserts, could "reshape Canadian federalism…
Feng Lin and Mengtian Fei write that despite China's claims to be a unitary nation, some scholars have argued that it functions as a…
In an op-ed, Khim Lal Devkota calls for a speedier implementation of the nation's system of federalism. He suggests that the will of the…
Maggie Blackhawk writes that the case study of federal Indian law offers a path to recognize "Congress's ability to offer distinctive constitutional reforms." Read more…
Alexis Studler reviews how recent policy changes by the U.S. Department of the Interior could help indigenous Alaskans obtain land in ways somewhat similar…
Nicholas Aroney and Peter Congdon explore, in the context of Australia's recent referendum on the question of recognizing Aboriginal peoples in the nation's constitution,…
Hannah Rahim considers the constitutionality of banning interstate travel for abortions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. Read more here.
The National Conference of State Legislatures has released its most recent "Capitol to Capitol" newsletter with updates of federal policies that affect the states. Read…
Page Forrest and Spencer Orenstein of the Pew Charitable Trusts warn that the restart of federal student loan payments could harm state tax revenues.…
The Morning Star reports that members of the Communist Party in the United Kingdom support "progressive federalism" that would result in increased powers for Scotland, Wales,…
Catherine R. Connors and Connor Finch suggest that the New Judicial Federalism could be followed more consistently by state courts through the use of…
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