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March 4, 2025

Call for Syria to Adopt a Federal Structure

Fabrice Balanche writes that Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, could help avoid the failures of the previous regime by decentralizing power and establishing a federal…

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March 3, 2025

Should the U.S. Constitution Be Amended to Ensure Environmental Protection?

Kylie Ford argues that structural challenges within the U.S. Constitution effectively bar sound environmental governance, something she asserts could be remedied by a federal environmental…

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March 3, 2025

Has Trump “Declared War” on Federalism?

Writing in The New Republic, Matt Ford contends that President Trump "is effectively declaring war on federalism." Read more here.

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February 28, 2025

ICE Reaches Out to Local Law Enforcement for Deportation Assistance

A state agency and at least two county sheriff offices in Texas have signed agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to allow local law officers who’ve…

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February 28, 2025

Australian Federal Spending and Perceptions of Fairness

Tracy Beck Fenwick and Thiago Silva examine Australians' understanding of whether their state receives a fair share of federal government spending on various programs…

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February 27, 2025

Administrative Law, Federalism, and State Legislative Agendas

Mila Sohoni discusses the administrative law and federalism implications of Adam Zimmerman's 2024 article, "Ghostwriting Federalism." She writes that Zimmerman "makes the pleasingly counterintuitive observation…

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February 27, 2025

Kaleidoscopic Federalism

Roger Karapin examines state-level climate policies in the United States in the context of the nation's federalist system. Read more here.

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February 26, 2025

Kennedy School Faculty Comment on DOGE

Faculty at Harvard's Kennedy School consider the actions of the Department of Government Efficiency. Paul Peterson examines the effects of state legal challenges to…

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February 26, 2025

Federal Funds for Colorado River System Frozen

National Public Radio reports that the Trump administration has frozen funds allocated by Congress to protect the flow of the Colorado River, which supplies…

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February 25, 2025

Afghanistan and Federalism

Hadi Miraan considers the feasibility and possible limitations of federalism in addressing the challenges facing Afghanistan. Read more here.

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February 25, 2025

Do Sanctuary Jurisdictions Threaten Public Safety?

John Fabbricatore contends that sanctuary jurisdictions pose a threat to public safety. Read more here.

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February 24, 2025

Federal Authority and Sanctuary Jurisdictions

Ahilan Arulanantham considers, in the context of sanctuary jurisdictions, the authority for the Trump administration's assertion that, as stated in a recent Department of Justice memo,…

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February 24, 2025

States Grapple with Cuts to Housing Assistance

Jared Brey examines how state and local officials are responding to the Trump administration's cuts to housing assistance. Read more here.

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