Federalism and Progressive Taxation
Daniel J. Hemel looks at three federalism doctrines to better understand the distributional aspects of recent Supreme Court jurisprudence. Hemel suggests that federalism affects…
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.
Daniel J. Hemel looks at three federalism doctrines to better understand the distributional aspects of recent Supreme Court jurisprudence. Hemel suggests that federalism affects…
Ilya Somin writes that if the Trump administration prevails in its legal struggles with sanctuary cities, state and local autonomy would suffer a "major…
Last week, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced that the agency would no longer allow California to require stricter emissions standards than those required by…
The Commerce Department has announced that it will add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. Heather Trela and Jeffrey M. Wice of…
Wenhui Feng examines the tensions that sometimes exist between state governments and local health departments through the lens of obesity policy (such as former…
The Philippines is considering how many states to create as the nation moves toward federalism. This article focuses on the possibility of one such…
Rejecting a single answer to the challenges facing America, these authors think the best means to strengthen public confidence in American democracy is to…
In this commentary, Kenny Stein contends that California's emissions waiver -- which the Trump administration has recently suggested it will revoke -- is not a federalism…
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes that the reluctance of Congress to use its Elections Clause power to establish security standards for the states offers an example of how…
Republican-led states have been slow to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act. But some Republican leaders in two such states, Utah and Virginia,…
In this blog post, James Tierney argues that the Trump administration's plan to remove the states' ability to police student-loan services will allow the…
In this op-ed, Mani Shankar Aiyar asks whether Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's calls for cooperative federalism amount to little more than "empty sloganeering" because, Aiyar contends,…
The primary banking source for Illinois marijuana businesses has announced that it will no longer serve the industry. A bank spokesman said that 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.