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August 26, 2025

Local Charters and Self-Governance

Raphael J. Sonenshein examines the potential power of local charters, something he says more localities should explore at a time "when local self-governance is…

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August 26, 2025

Recent Books and Articles About Federalism and Related Topics

Miriam Seifter has rounded up a series of books and articles touching on federalism, state courts, and constitutional law. Read more here.

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August 25, 2025

The Trump Administration and Local Policing

Christian Farias considers the possible limits of the Trump administration's power to police states and localities. Farias writes that ongoing federal litigation regarding the…

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August 25, 2025

Constitutional Federalism and McGirt v. Oklahoma

Jaci Walker argues that the U.S. Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which declared that tribal governments have sovereign power over crimes occurring on their land, is "constitutionally in…

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August 22, 2025

How Will the Disappearance of Federal Data Affect States and Localities?

Carl Smith considers the possible effects on states and localities if federal data -- such as data relating to land use, environmental factors, and…

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August 22, 2025

Why Are Members of Congress Seeking State Office?

Ray Nothstine explores why an increasing number of members of Congress are seeking office at the state level. He writes that "from a federalism…

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August 21, 2025

Sovereignty and Federal Indian Law

Matthew L.M. Fletcher contends that the federal government's sovereign defenses bar tribes and "individual Indian people from realizing justice in the courts." Read more here.

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August 21, 2025

Federalism, Monetary Policy, and Stablecoins

Richard Fair writes that traditional preemption analysis in American law cannot effectively respond to rapidly developing innovations in monetary technology such as stablecoins. Fair proposes…

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August 20, 2025

Is Federal Preemption of State AI Regulation Likely?

Jule Pattison-Gordon looks at the likelihood of Congress trying again to preempt state regulation of artificial intelligence, an idea that was pulled from the…

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August 20, 2025

Federalism and Housing Policy

Scott Sumner considers the possible implications of state-level changes to housing regulations. Read more here.

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August 19, 2025

Federalism and Firearms in the United States and Brazil

Antonio Pedro Machado compares how the United States and Brazil regulate firearms at the state and local level. Read more here.

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August 19, 2025

Agonistic Federalism

Aziz Z. Zuq and Zachary D. Clopton contend that a new, particularly combative, form of intergovernmental relations has emerged recently, one they refer to as…

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August 18, 2025

Conditioning Limitations and Devolution in Northern Ireland

Anurag Deb and Nicholas Kilford consider whether two recent rulings by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom curbing "conditioning limitations" -- legislation by…

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