Ilya Somin reports on progress being made in Congress on a bill to bring about electoral count reform. One of the goals is to prevent…
Naftaly Mose analyzes the effect of fiscal decentralization on energy consumption for 47 Kenyan counties from 2013 to 2017. Read more here.
Igor Calzada examines the emerging urban citizenship regimes in Catalonia, Scotland, and Wales and considers the roles that Barcelona, Glasgow, and Cardiff play "in articulating a…
Emily Pears and Emily Sydnor look at how the Covid pandemic has played out in the culture of American federalism. Read more here.
A group of scholars have examined the possible ways that state courts can constrain partisan gerrymandering in congressional elections. Read more here.
In a blog post and podcast, Ilya Somin discusses United States v. Texas, pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, in which Texas and Louisiana are…
Muyiwa Adigun contends that a recent, generally praised Nigerian Supreme Court ruling overlooks a key aspect of Nigerian federalism (password required). Read more here.
Colin Foard of the Pew Fiscal Federalism Initiative describes the challenges states have in paying for fighting wildfires and how the federal government and…
Stephanie Wood explores the fraught process of transferring control of lands from Canada to indigenous nations, including the necessity of dealing with provinces as well…
Andrew Marantz argues that the independent state legislature theory case before the U.S. Supreme Court "threatens the mechanisms of democracy." Read more here.
Channing J. Curtis writes that, of late, the U.S. Supreme Court has been returning many significant issues to the states. For this reason, he…
In a blog post affiliated with the Cato Institute, Chris Edwards offers nine reasons why federal aid to the states should be reduced. Read…
Jule Pattison-Gordon explores how the Federal Communications Commission's ban on Chinese telecom technologies could affect states and localities. Read more here.
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