Frank Newport with Gallup reports how Americans' views of federalism have changed in recent years as the states have taken on more power. Read…
Jörg Broschek explores patterns of subnational units' participation in trade policy in North America and Europe. Read more here.
A group of scholars have compared, for thirty-five countries, the "redistributive efficiency of fiscal policy considering its degree of decentralization." Read more here.
Meshach Zhizhi and Rashidat Lamidi Owuda review the evolving state of intergovernmental relations in Nigeria. Read more here.
Emmett McFarlane contends that neither Quebec nor any other Canadian province can unilaterally amend the nation's constitution. Read more here.
A group of scholars examine the federalism-related ramifications of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent overturning of Roe v. Wade. Read more here.
Timothy Sandefur contends that the Indian Child Welfare Act is "a brazen violation of the U.S. Constitution’s system for dividing power between the states…
Stanford's Bill Lane Center for the American West and California 100 have released a report titled, "The Future of Federalism and Foreign Policy." Read…
The Brennan Center for Justice has interviewed Professor Jessica Bulman-Pozen about a possible upsurge of Tenth Amendment-based states' rights cases in the wake of…
Daniel Farbman compares the "Redemption Localism" afoot in the South during Reconstruction era with, he contends, similar efforts at the local level in some areas…
As part of its "Democracy Hotspots" series, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation has prepared an overview of the role federalism has played in the nation's…
A new U.S. Department of Transportation program will focus on undoing past infrastructure projects that have harmed and divided communities. Read more here.
Paul A. Diller explores whether "enhanced judicial review" would be an appropriate response to excessive preemption of local policies by states. Read more here.
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