Australia was built on the idea that states should compete against each other – but they’re not, and that’s failing us all.
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Conflict between Washington and the states is perennial and by design. Lack of clarity about who’s in charge on what issue keeps power from becoming concentrated.
Polls indicate majority support for abortion rights in most states, but laws differ greatly between places that uphold such rights and those that ban the procedure.
The issue in front of the US Supreme Court is seemingly mundane, about federal or state jurisdiction. But it is actually much bigger, encompassing some key questions of the 21st century.
Alberta is not a place that ‘doesn’t matter’ economically; the anger of those who want to separate from Canada stems from the belief that it matters a great deal and is still being disrespected.
The violence in Tigray was structured, targeted and sustained.
State resistance to federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota illustrates how federalism keeps authority divided and disputed.
A US district judge is weighing whether the surge of ICE agents in the state violates the US Constitution or falls within the executive’s power to enforce federal law.
The conflicts over President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois and Oregon hinge on a question as old as the Constitution itself: Where does federal power end and state authority begin?
Somalia ranks poorly in key dimensions of human development, and urgently needs developmental leadership to reverse the situation.
What would the United States be without its states? A better, more democatic country, says one legal scholar.
There’s no one set legal definition for sanctuary cities and other places with these policies. But they often limit local coordination with federal immigration authorities.
A US district judge says that the Trump administration has to pay USAID the billions it owes in already completed work. The Supreme Court agrees − for now.
All presidents should expect to be sued early and often by state attorneys general of the opposite party.
If a federal prosecutor were to put a city’s mayor or a state’s governor in jail, what may be the greatest source of conflict in the Constitution will become clear to the public.
Pennsylvania is the battleground state with the most Electoral College votes. While everyone will want to know the outcome of the vote there as soon as possible, it’s going to take time.
The people who run US elections are, according to a scholar who studies them, politically neutral professionals who uphold the law with transparency and integrity − and do it in tough circumstances.
The referendum result left states and territories to pick up the mantle of agreement-making with First Nations people. While there’s been some progress, many efforts have stalled or gone backwards.
Disaster relief requires cooperative, healthy relationships between the president, federal agencies and state, local and tribal governments. But with politicians in the mix, trouble can happen.
Good governance is a catalyst for national peace, stability and development.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Visiting Professor of Tax Law, New York University, and Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Dean and Professor of Law, UNSW
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Politics, Curtin University
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UNSW
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Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands and University Distinguished Professor, Boise State University
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Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Professor of Political Science; Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Research and Development, Pivot Professional Learning; and Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Memphis