Karla Jones of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) contends that the Biden administration's plan to eliminate title insurance fees on certain federally backed mortgages "is inconsistent with ALEC’s…
Elizabeth Earle Beske writes that horizontal federalism, the relationship between states, "is poorly understood and increasingly important" in the context of the significant regulatory…
A group of scholars trace the use over time of a provision in the Indian constitution that allows the federal government to dismiss a state government and…
The California Law Review has released a podcast episode exploring how, despite decades of federal restrictions on tribal court criminal jurisdiction, indigenous-based restorative justice…
Sean Beienburg and Benjamin B. Johnson write that the widely criticized Civil Rights Cases of 1883 reflected the elite idea that federalism in the context of…
The Federalist Society has posted a video of a recent symposium panel titled "Federalism and the Separation of Powers." You can watch the video here.
Ramachandra Guha looks ahead to consider how Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to maintain power will affect India, predicting that "Indian federalism and unity…
Erin Norman reviews the Biden administration's proposed housing-relief plan and suggests that a more productive solution to the housing issue would be for states to…
Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute contends that federalism offers a solution to the U.S. government's rising debt. Read more here.
Anita Earls traces how the North Carolina Supreme Court has at times used the state's constitution to offer greater protection to individual rights than has…
Kimberly L. Wehle suggests that the Ninth Amendment, in conjunction with the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, could be used by the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme…
A group of scholars have prepared a systematic review of the literature of multilevel governance research. Read more here.
Alison L. Lacroix writes that in attempting to enforce its own immigration policy, "Texas has reignited a debate about federalism that is as old…
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