By Matthew Holloway | On Tuesday, the Goldwater Institute announced a new initiative to educate lawmakers and students across the country and advocate for the resurrected concept of “federalism.” Based upon its newly released report, “Federalism and State Constitutions: Model Language for ‘Tenth Amendments’ in State Constitutions,” Goldwater is launching a civics offensive to rekindle| AZ FREE NEWS - Your #1 Source for Arizona News & Politics!
Johannes Althusius’s Politica and the Roots of Federal Pluralism In the landscape of early modern political theory, Johannes Althusius’s Politica […] The post From Consociatio to Subsidiarity appeared first on American Reformer.| American Reformer
Since the government partial shutdown began, we've been seeing panicked headlines about states being denied federal money for promised or al...| sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com
The penultimate piece in my series on supranational federalism for the Streit Council is out. There’s no paywall. You can read it here:| Benjamin Studebaker
The powers of the federal executive have been growing steadily in the United States since Lincoln’s War, which destroyed the limited, coordinating government that had existed in DC up to his time in office and replaced it with a powerful, centralized entity that could stomp upon the States with impunity. Proof of this may be seen in the numbers of executive orders issued by the presidents. Prior to Lincoln’s War they were quite rare, not even totaling 20 in most cases. After that tu...| Abbeville Institute
Here’s a good legal Rule Of Thumb: whenever anyone makes a federalism argument concerning any dispute, do not take them seriously. It’s a mug’s game. The Venn Diagram of “people who argue for federalism” and “people who lack control over the federal government” is pretty much a perfect circle. And the positions will completely flip … Continue reading "Federalism Is For Suckers, Part The Millionth"| Legal Planet
I have been a big advocate for decentralized power, which in our American context has been connected to “states’ rights;” the most prominent period and example being the American Civil War, where the Southern states resisted centralized federal control and both fought for and applied to their Constitution a strong decentralized states’ rights policy.| Abbeville Institute
Modern fantasy/scifi seems to not feature many federal countries (or as we will call them, “federations”)—that is, countries made up of several subunits such as states or provinces, eac…| Building Worlds
Support for a North American Indigenous trade coalition would leverage the continent-wide potential of Indigenous trading networks. It’s a win-win-win.| Policy Options
(I write a monthlyish opinion piece for Barron’s. A shorter version of this post appeared there in June 2025. My previous pieces are here.)| J. W. Mason
The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment provides that when the government takes private property for a public purpose, it must compensate the property... The post “Background Principles” and the General Law of Property appeared first on Harvard Law Review.| Harvard Law Review
John C. Calhoun was a brilliant political theorist and distinguished politician, and a noted champion of rights for minorities. The importance of his thoughts is reflected both in the doctrine of states’ rights, as well as in relation to the federal system which serves as a textbook example of effective state management. Calhoun was also one of the first to observe that constitutional provisions which set limits on government powers, if open to interpretation, will almost always be in favor...| Abbeville Institute
I have a new favorite song. I discovered it during the promotional build-up to the annual football contest between two worthy academic institutions: The University of Michigan and The Ohio State University. I don’t know whether the song has a title, but it is sung to the tune of “ The Old Grey Mare” (she ain’t what she used to be ):| Abbeville Institute
Gregg Jarrett like most of the “journalists” on Cable TV writes a book and, apparently, as part of his remuneration, can market the book through the cable broadcast (marketing is the backbone of selling books). In this case, he has written something called The Trial of the Century.| Abbeville Institute
