American Federalism | Center for the Study of Federalism https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/category/american-federalism/ A Nonpartisan Research Institution Dedicated to Studying and Researching the Theory and Practice of Federalism Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:44:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CSF-Icon-Color@0.5x-100x100.png American Federalism | Center for the Study of Federalism https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/category/american-federalism/ 32 32 Collaborative Governance between Alaska Native Institutions (Cole Grisham) https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/news/csf-research-grant/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:42:34 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=11069 Cole Grisham, a Ph.D. candidate at Portland State University, completed a research study on “Collaborative Governance between Alaska Native Institutions: Motivations, Mechanisms, and Outcomes” with support from a CSF research...

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]]> 11069 James Buckley and “Saving Congress from itself”  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/james-buckley-and-saving-congress-from-itself/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9733 Chris Edwards writes on the passing of federal judge and U.S. senator James Buckley that Buckley’s Saving Congress from Itself is “a great introduction to the reasons why reviving federalism...

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]]> 9733 HHS Recommends Easing Cannabis Restrictions  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/hhs-recommends-easing-cannabis-restrictions/ Fri, 13 Oct 2023 05:04:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9846 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recommended that the Drug Enforcement Agency reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk controlled substance. The move would, to an extent, align federal...

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]]> 9846 Preemption and Localities  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/preemption-and-localities/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:53:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9838 Alan Greenblatt reports on how the increasing use by states of preemption laws is affecting localities. Read more here.  

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]]> 9838 A Litigation “Arms Race” after Dobbs?  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/a-litigation-arms-race-after-dobbs/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 04:46:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9834 Carleen Zubrzycki considers some of the new state civil actions that have arisen in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. She warns that “culture war” legislation in the states could lead...

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]]> 9834 The Void-for-Vagueness Doctrine and Federal-State Relations  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/the-void-for-vagueness-doctrine-and-federal-state-relations/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 04:40:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9832 Joel S. Johnson explores the U.S. Supreme Court’s void-for-vagueness doctrine and notes that “vagueness analysis significantly depends on whether the law at issue is a federal or state law.” Read more...

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]]> 9832 How Would a Shutdown Affect States and Localities?  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/how-would-a-shutdown-affect-states-and-localities/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 04:24:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9825 Zina Hutton examines how the possibility of how a federal government shutdown in November could affect state and local budgets. Read more here. 

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]]> 9825 Medicaid Financing Explored  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/medicaid-financing-explored/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 02:52:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9811 The Kaiser Family Foundation has prepared a report on the fundamentals of how Medicaid is financed, including a discussion of how the federal government and states interact in administering the...

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]]> 9811 Roundtable on “Monitoring American Federalism”  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/books/roundtable-on-monitoring-american-federalism/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 02:49:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9807 H-FedHist has hosted a roundtable, including reviews, of Christian G. Fritz’s recent book, Monitoring American Federalism: The History of State Legislative Resistance. Read more here.

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]]> 9807 Localities and the BEAD Program  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/localities-and-the-bead-program/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 02:48:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9805 Llana Newman examines the challenges that localities face in using federal funds provided by the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Read more here. 

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]]> 9805 How Should States Respond to Federal Shutdowns?  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/how-should-states-respond-to-federal-shutdowns/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 02:46:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9803 In a blog post, Ray Nothstine contends that federal government shutdowns should serve as “wake-up calls” for the states. Read more here.

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]]> 9803 C-Span Releases Video About “The Federalist”  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/c-span-releases-video-about-the-federalist/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 02:28:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9801 C-Span’s “Books that Shaped America” video series has released an episode exploring The Federalist. You can view the video here. 

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]]> 9801 State Anticompetitive Conduct  https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/library/american-federalism/state-anticompetitive-conduct/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 02:26:00 +0000 https://avalaunchsites.com/federalism/?p=9799 Greg Day contends that states engage in anticompetitive conduct, yet are ”nevertheless immune from antitrust review as a matter of federalism.” Read more here. 

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