The Federalism Library is an online multimedia collection of articles, books, and podcasts exploring contemporary and classic questions related to federalism. It includes material created by the Center for the Study of Federalism, as well as carefully curated information from prominent writers on federalism.
The Asia Foundation has reported the results of a series of surveys of the Nepali people about the nation's governance since adopting a federal…
Bennett Cooper provides an overview of the process of certifying questions of law from a federal court to a state supreme court. He notes that…
Bill Lucia writes that Route Fifty has launched a weekly newsletter devoted to updating readers about the aid that the federal government sends to states…
Tom Canetti reviews Catalan efforts at greater autonomy from Spain and contends that the region's lack of defined powers draws into question whether Spain…
Jacob Sullum writes that the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is considering whether the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's classification of marijuana violates principles…
Dawn M. K. Zoldi reviews the history of airspace regulation and considers the boundaries between federal, state, and private landowner control over airspace. Read…
Yamini Aiyar contends that the goods and services tax regime has quickly become a battleground for center-state fiscal conflict. Read more here.
The Bertelsmann Foundation has published "Federalism in Crisis: U.S. and German Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic." Read more here.
Bryce Young writes that the U.S. Department of Education's recent notification that Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender…
Juneteenth (June 19) holidays are a good example of policy diffusion in the U.S. federal system. Texas was the first state to declare Juneteenth…
Daniel Halberstam examines the principle of national procedural autonomy and considers the foundational text and structure of European Union law to understand the constitutional…
Prerna Sharma has written a comparative study of federalism in the United States and India. Read more here.
Ilya Somin describes how gun-rights advocates have begun to create "sanctuary jurisdictions" similar to pro-immigrant sanctuary jurisdictions that appeared during the years of the…
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Federalism is American government’s best kept secret. Its influence is pervasive and profound. Though not mentioned in the Constitution, federalism’s meaning and application have been at the center of disputes from 1776 to the Civil War to our current culture wars. We are scholars who focus on federalism, and through this podcast, we explore how federalism, from practice to theory, shapes our politics, policies, culture, society, and daily life.
Federalism’s influence on American government, culture and society is pervasive and profound, yet often unexplored. This short podcast examines single, practical topics to show how federalism’s influence is real and relevant in average citizens’ daily lives.
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