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American Federalism

March 23, 2022

Videoconference on Federalism and Infrastructure

On March 25, the Wayne State University Law Review will host a symposium via Zoom titled "Oversight, Infrastructure, and Federalism: Ensuring Transparency, Accountability, and…

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American Federalism

March 23, 2022

Medicaid Expansion in Another State?

Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina recently suggested that Republican resistance within North Carolina to Medicaid expansion might be diminishing. The state is one…

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News

March 22, 2022

Separatists Movements Studied

Using Quebec as a case study, Emilie Patry examines the causes of separatist and nationalist claims in federal countries. Read more here.

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American Federalism

March 22, 2022

States Pursue Unemployment Loan Interest Waivers

A number of states are pushing the federal government to waive almost $400 million in interest on federal loans that supported their unemployment systems…

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American Federalism

March 21, 2022

Video Policy Brief on Federalism

In a video policy brief for the Hoover Institution, John Yoo suggests that federalism is beneficial in a large, diverse nation such as the United…

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News

March 21, 2022

Federalism and COVID-19 Responses in the United States and Mexico

Mauricio Covarrubias explores how the federal systems of the United States and Mexico have reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more here.

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American Federalism

March 18, 2022

Federalism and Preemption of State-Created Restraints

Alan J. Meese contends that the "state action doctrine" should not prevent Sherman Act preemption of state-created competitive restraints. Meese writes that neither federalism…

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American Federalism

March 18, 2022

American Federalism and Disaster Policy

Nancy J. Knauer reviews American disaster policy with an emphasis on the oversight challenges present in a federal system of governance. Read more here.

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American Federalism

March 17, 2022

Was the U.S. Constitution Designed to Curb the Power of the States?

In an op-ed, Jamelle Bouie argues that "the Constitution was written in significant part to weaken and undermine state governments" (password required). Read more here.

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Books

March 17, 2022

Review of “The Symbolic State”

Sean Mueller has reviewed Karlo Basta's book, The Symbolic State: Minority Recognition, Majority Backlash, and Secession in Multinational Countries. Read more here.

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American Federalism

March 16, 2022

Local Officials Frustrated by Clawback Plan

Many city officials are expressing their frustration that Congress has considered attempting to take back some American Rescue Plan Act funds. Read more here.

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American Federalism

March 16, 2022

State Courts As a Source for the Protection of Civil Rights?

Austin Sarat writes that, in light of recent rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court, "what state supreme courts do is more important than ever."…

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News

March 15, 2022

Federalism and Federal Rights Minimalism

Helen Hershkoff and Nathan Yaffe review the aftermath of a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that rejected the idea that education is a fundamental…

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