America is built upon the principle of federalism, a form of government in which power is balanced and responsibilities are shared between the states and the federal government. The Trump ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Alison LaCroix, a professor and historian at the University of Chicago Law School, about the state of federalism in the U.S. under President Trump.

I’ve long lamented the demise of federalism, a founding principle of our system of government. According to the precepts of federalism, the national government should limit itself to matters ...

Last year, giant meat-packing companies brought a case to the Supreme Court challenging California’s right to prohibit the in-state sale of meat produced through cruel and unsafe practices. They ...

My recent Washington Post article on growing liberal support for federalism generated considerable interest. In this follow-up, I am going to further explore two possible reasons why liberal interest ...

This series begins by asking what new ideas we can discover by looking at Henry Clay’s old idea of the American System, arguing for more robust state action to rebuild our industrial base, restore ...

The Budget Crunch Is Coming. States Must Adjust Their Spending Accordingly Restoring power to the states is a constitutional solution that will help restore fiscal sanity. The late constitutional ...

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For years, conservatives have stood firm in defense of federalism, local control, and limited government. These principles have served as the bedrock of the movement. That’s why it is so important to ...

Does the bipartisan act protecting same-sex marriage run afoul of constitutional federalism principles? The answer is definitely not with respect to one of its provisions, and probably not with ...

In Sunoco v. Honolulu, poised for consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, Hawaii’s decision to allow a climate change lawsuit to proceed against major oil companies represents a critical juncture for ...