Current News, Analyses, Events, Publications, & Personalities
In the interests of intellectual discourse, the Center for the Study of Federalism posts diverse viewpoints. The views we post do not necessarily represent the views of the Center.
State and Local Participation in the 2020 Census
POSTED | Feb 03, 2023
Philip Rocco analyzes the sources of variation in state and local investment in the 2020 census and why those variances occurred. Read more here.
State Sovereignty and Missouri's Second Amendment Law
POSTED | Feb 03, 2023
Evan Matthew Gelobter considers whether Missouri's "Second Amendment Preservation Act" aligns with the system of government intended by the Framers of the U.S. Constitution. Read more...More
CRS Releases Report on Federalism-Based Limits of Congress's Power
POSTED | Feb 02, 2023
The Congressional Research Service has recently updated a report on federalism-based limitations on congressional power. Read more here.
Analysis of Whether Brazil Is a Unitary or Federal Nation
POSTED | Feb 02, 2023
Julio Homem de Siqueira traces the history of the Brazilian state and contends that the nation "was never truly federalist, but unitarian." Read more here.
Is California's Electric-Car Requirement the Antithesis of Federalism?
POSTED | Feb 01, 2023
Steven G. Bradbury contends that California's requirement that all new cars in the state must be powered by electricity by 2035 "is the antithesis of...More
The Role of Treaties in Canadian Indigenous Law
POSTED | Feb 01, 2023
Gina Starblanket explores the relationship between the Canadian Constitution, treaties with indigenous peoples, and provincial authority in regard to the sale of indigenous lands. Read...More
Book on Teaching Federalism
POSTED | Jan 31, 2023
CSF Fellows John Kincaid and J. Wesley Leckrone have edited Teaching Federalism: Multidimensional Approaches (Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar, 2023). The book, part of the publisher's "Elgar Guides to...More
British Government Overrules Scotland's Parliament over Transgender Issue
POSTED | Jan 31, 2023
For the first time since England devolved some power to Scotland by allowing the region's parliament to reopen in 1998, the British government has overruled...More
Publius: The Journal of Federalism Editor Search
WESLEY LECKRONE | Jan 27, 2023
Publius: The Journal of Federalism is undertaking a search for a new editor. Find more information here.
Federal Lawsuit Challenges State Bans on Abortion Pills
POSTED | Jan 27, 2023
An abortion-pill manufacturer has filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that state bans of the pills should be struck down because the federal Food...More
Call for Local Prosecutors to Push Back Against Federal Immigration Policies
POSTED | Jan 27, 2023
In an op-ed, George Gascón and Miriam Aroni Krinsky call for local district attorneys to "prevent their local criminal legal systems from becoming a tool to...More
Podcast About Canadian Infrastructure Funding
POSTED | Jan 26, 2023
A new episode of The Policy Options Podcast looks at how the structural characteristics of federalism affect Canada’s economic development and infrastructure. Read more here.
Second Federal Court Strikes Down ARPA Tax Cut Bar
POSTED | Jan 26, 2023
Ilya Somin explores a recent Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision declaring that states that accepted American Rescue Plan Act funds should not be...More
The Dormant Commerce Clause and Geolocation
POSTED | Jan 25, 2023
Jack Goldsmith and Eugene Volokh consider the role of geolocation when assessing whether the Dormant Commerce Clause precludes states from regulating Internet activity. Read more...More
Covid-19 Vaccination Rates and Trump Voters
POSTED | Jan 25, 2023
James W. McGuire examines the nationalization of political issues in the context of voting rates for former president Donald Trump and Covid-19 vaccine skepticism. Read...More