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.
Phil Weiser, the attorney general of Colorado, recently addressed the role that states play in antitrust litigation during a Georgetown University symposium on the…
Jonathan Shorman and Kevin Hardy write that the people of the United States face a choice of whether to follow the path of more federal authority,…
As Constitution Day, on September 17, approaches, CSF Fellow Troy E. Smith invites readers to consider how the nation's fundamental source of law interacts…
Franita Tolson considers the interaction of federal and state law in the nation's elections. Tolson writes that "the federalism of our election system has…
Adam B. Sopko reviews the last two decades of the U.S. Supreme Court's application of the adequate and independent state grounds doctrine and concludes that the…
National Public Radio reports that the Trump administration has announced major changes to how the federal government could produce census results. The changes would affect each state's share…
Priya Nair writes that Open AI has thrown its support behind four California legislative bills that will require tighter artificial-intelligence regulation. Nair suggests that…
Miriam Seifter contends that governors have "important and underappreciated powers to resist, counteract, and reshape" what she views as encroachment by the federal government on the…
Ilya Somin examines two more "sanctuary city" losses for the Trump administration, as well as a rare win for the administration in this field of…
Jordan Cozby writes that the National Labor Relations Act's (NLRA) preemption of state labor law "is one of the broadest preemption doctrines in federal law."…
Jennifer Karas Montez and Jacob M. Grumbach contend that the United States has, in the field of public health, advanced beyond "New Federalism" to…
In advance of the upcoming parliamentary election, Caitlin Rollison notes that almost all of Scotland's parties support devolution. Rollison writes that "Scotland’s next government…
Stephen M. Griffin examines what he terms a "new map of federalism," which he suggests is being created by recent rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court.…
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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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