Nicholas Jacobs contends that federalism in the United States "has too often under-delivered on its promise for those farthest from the centers of power." Read…
The National Conference of State Legislatures reports that a bipartisan convening of state legislative leaders has issued a declaration that called on the federal government…
A number of states have indicated that they will continue to regulate artificial intelligence despite President Trump's executive order targeting such state efforts. Read…
Robbie Sequeira writes that new federal rules will probably benefit states that are already focusing housing funds on enforcement against street homelessness. Read more…
Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal reviews Anthony Gregory's book, New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State. The book examines…
Colorado officials are dismissing efforts by President Trump to pardon a person convicted in state court of tampering with voting machines during the 2020…
Sean Lee examines how the new rulers in Syria risk recreating "old patterns of center versus periphery through the lens of violence against minoritized communities."…
Joseph Diedrich writes that, under the U.S. Constitution, states are generally understood to hold the authority to structure themselves however they prefer. Diedrich argues…
In an op-ed, Matthew Mitchell argues that federalism allows the most economically free states to thrive. Read more here.
Ronald E. Stubblefield writes that "the affordability crisis cannot be solved by any one level of government," but he contends that reductions in federal funding for…
President Donald Trump's recent announcement suggesting that he intends to block state regulation of artificial intelligence has sparked opposition, even among Republicans. Florida governor Ron…
Writing in Harvard Law School's National Security Journal, Jason Jia-Xi Wu explores how "regulatory fragmentation" affects competition between the United States and China in the…
The South Asia Institute of the University of London has announced the Ambedkar-Kalaignar Visiting Fellowship for Social Justice and Federalism. Read more here.
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