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October 9, 2024

The Roberts Court and Federal Preemption

Kamaile Turcan contends that the Roberts Court's attacks on the administrative state have resulted in a "Court-driven recalibration of the federal power structure [that] ultimately…

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October 9, 2024

Immigration Federalism Case “Sidestepped” by Supreme Court

Cori Alonso-Yoder and Tania N. Valdez write that the U.S. Supreme Court "sidestepped" an immigration federalism feud earlier this year when it did not…

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October 8, 2024

Testing Claims About the “Federalization” of Crime

Jonathan Abel examines state-court data related to the crime of being a felon in possession of a firearm to explore the "federalization of crime."…

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October 8, 2024

Have South African Provincial Governments Been “Hollowed Out”?

T. Ajam writes that provincial governments in South Africa have been "hollowed out" by relocation of functions. Read more here.

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October 7, 2024

Exceptionalism and Assimilation in Federal Indian Law

Michael Doran explores the idea that federal Indian law exists at the intersection of two paradigms: exceptionalism and assimilationism. Read more here.

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October 7, 2024

Should the Crown Estates Be Devolved?

Steven Clear argues that the British government should devolve the property, rights, and interests known as the crown estate. Clear writes that doing so…

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October 4, 2024

Texas Quickly Purges Post-Pandemic Medicaid Rolls

Eleanor Klibanoff reports that in the wind-down of federal aid following the Covid-19 pandemic, Texas has led the nation in quickly purging people --…

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October 4, 2024

Jones v. Mississippi and State Constitutional Protections

Scott Kafker and William Blanchette consider how the Massachusetts judiciary has responded to a U.S. Supreme Court statement in its Jones v. Mississippi decision that states are free to…

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October 3, 2024

Federalism and Public Health

Leslie P. Francis and John P. Francis suggest that states, rather than the federal government, enjoy several advantages when it comes to public health…

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October 3, 2024

Empowering Provinces in Nepal

In an op-ed, Khim Lal Devkota reviews how Nepal's change to a federal structure is playing out in several of the nation's provinces. He…

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October 2, 2024

Louisiana and the Supreme Court’s Common-Law Focus

Helen Hershkoff and Adam Littlestone-Luria contend that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent efforts to focus on "history and tradition" as a basis for interpreting…

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October 2, 2024

State Constitutions and Search and Seizure Law

Stephen Henderson traces how the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has come to rely increasingly on the state's own constitution, rather than the U.S. Constitution,…

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October 1, 2024

Do Local Exclusionary Zoning Laws Violate the U.S. Constitution?

Joshua Braver and Ilya Somin contend that exclusionary zoning by states and localities violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. As part of…

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