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.
In a chapter titled "Can Federalism Save the Yemeni State?" in Yemen and the Search for Stability: Power, Politics and Society After the Arab…
Catalan's regional president, Carles Puigdemont, has been detained in Germany since March, pending extradition efforts by Spain on charges of rebellion. This week a…
In an interview this week with WFMZ, John Kinkaid explains why President Trump selected Brett Kavanaugh as a nominee for the Supreme Court and…
The Consultative Committee has approved the proposed draft of a new constitution, which if approved by Congress will lead to a federal form of…
Roger Karapin examines climate-change policies put in place by California and New York during the last two decades. Karapin contends that broad advocacy coalitions…
Earlier this year Congress set aside money for states to upgrade their election systems. States have begun to submit their security plans to the…
A federal judge has questioned the motivation behind the Commerce Department's plan to add a question about citizenship to the next census. Seventeen states…
Juliana Almeida and Guilherme Oliveira e Costa write about the continuing effort to create a uniform patent-law system among the members of the European…
CSF Fellow J. Wesley Leckrone and Michelle J. Atherton have edited Pennsylvania Politics and Policy: A Commonwealth Reader (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2018). The…
Daniel DiSalvo examines how pressure exerted by labor unions and hospitals has affected New York's Medicaid program. Read more here.
Steve Vladeck examines Ortiz v. United States, in which the Supreme Court offered an analysis of what kinds of military-law cases it will review.…
Christian Ronald writes that the desire to protect individuals from commercial exploitation after death has led many states to pass postmortem right-of-publicity laws. Ronald…
CSF Founder Daniel J. Elazar argued that “while the idea of constitutionalism is quite ancient in the Western world and actual constitutions can be…
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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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