John Portz has written Educational Accountability and American Federalism (New York: Routledge, 2023). The book explores the types of accountability that take place in different institutional settings…
Marc Spindelman contends that, in the wake of the Dobbs decision that eliminated federal abortion rights, states should consider protecting this right on sex-equality grounds. Read…
Gregory Day writes that state monopolies have been widely used to oppress marginalized groups, but benefit from immunity from antitrust review as a matter of…
In an op-ed, Sarath Pillai considers the distinction between "union" and "the center" in Indian political discourse. Read more here.
Jessica Coria studies the factors federations must grapple with in deciding whether to ban hazardous chemicals. Read more here.
In an op-ed, Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, claims that "failures of federalism abound" in Canada and calls for a stronger national…
Brian K. Fair explores, in what he terms "federalism by deception," how U.S. Supreme Court justices have embraced anti-federal ideology to announce unenumerated limits…
Dev Ranjan writes that Supremacy Clause immunity for federal employees charged with state crimes should be reconsidered, because such immunity "as it currently stands…
The Institute of Federalism has announced a practitioner's course on federalism, decentralization, and local governance within multilevel systems, to be held August 7-18, 2023. Read more…
On March 4, the 2023 Federalist Society Student Symposium will host an online event titled, "Does Federalism Lead to a More United or Disunited Democracy?" Read more here.
Helia Bidad explores the role of tribal courts in environmental litigation. Bidad notes that discussions of litigation in American jurisprudence "tend to suggest a…
The Progressive Policy Institute has announced the creation of the Metro Federalism Caucus to push for more direct relationships between national and local leaders. Read…
Jud Campbell considers how Americans viewed the sources of their rights between the nation's founding and Reconstruction. He states that "general citizenship rights" flowed…
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