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September 26, 2025

Public Health and “Vaccine Federalism”

Dhruv Khullar considers the possible fragmentation of the nation's public-health system as confidence in the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declines. Read…

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September 26, 2025

Billions in Federal Funds Available to Rural Health Systems

Carl Smith reports that as part of the recent funding bill passed by Congress, some $50 billion in federal funds are available for rural…

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September 25, 2025

First Statewide Indigenous Treaty Bill in Australia

Kate Galloway analyzes the implications of Victoria's Statewide Treaty Bill, which is the first proposed statewide treaty with Indigenous peoples in Australia. Read more here.

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September 25, 2025

Federalism and Consent Decrees

Matthew R. Mulholland writes that federalism requires that consent decrees reached by the U.S. Department of Justice and local police agencies must have strong factual…

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September 24, 2025

Federalism and State Regulation of Abortion

Lindsay F. Wiley writes that federal-state and interstate clashes stemming from the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade reveals "the importance of constitutional federalism…

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September 24, 2025

State Enforcement of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment

Henry Ishitani contends that the U.S. Supreme Court's reasoning in Trump v. Anderson is flawed for reasons based on federalism and the historical record. Read more…

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September 23, 2025

Subsidiarity and Federalism

Erika Arban writes that subsidiarity remains "an elusive, almost vague" principle and that it is similar to, but not the same as, federalism. Arban considers…

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September 23, 2025

More Members of Congress Seek State Office

Nathan L. Gonzales highlights the growing number of members of Congress planning to run for governor of their home states. Read more here.

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September 22, 2025

Federalism and Transportation Safety Reforms

James H. Burnley reviews the history of passive and active restraint implementation in American vehicles. Burnley writes that the way the Reagan administration worked with…

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September 22, 2025

MAHA and Federalism

Donald F. Kettl contends that Americans could block much of Robert F. Kennedy's Make America Health Again agenda by opposing it at the state level.…

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September 19, 2025

Is the United States Experiencing a “War” Over Federalism?

William G. Gale and Darrell M. West describe a "war over federalism" that they assert has erupted during the first year of the Trump…

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September 19, 2025

Western States Announce Vaccine Alliance

Four Western states have issued their own vaccine recommendations in response to changes in vaccine recommendations made by the U.S. Department of Health and…

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September 18, 2025

Federalism and India’s Constitution

Kiruba Munusamy explores how India's constitution embraces both a powerful center and respect for the authority of the states. Read more here.

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