federalism

States must be vigilant stewards of their data — auditing what they hold, limiting what they share, and enforcing legal constraints against federal overreach.

A series exploring the powers and authorities state and local governments have to check federal overreach and protect democratic norms and individual rights.

States have constitutional protections against commandeering and coercion — but face a new challenge when the federal government sidelines states completely.

State and local governments have constitutional and legal powers that can be harnessed to challenge repressive federal actions and to advance meaningful freedom and equality.

State attorneys general and local district attorneys can take action to uphold the rule of law in the face of unlawful federal actions.

An immigration expert considers questions that might have been asked at DHS General Counsel Percival's UCLA Law Federalist Society event.

Presidents have complied with the Act without serious objection, and there is essentially no scholarly or other commentary questioning the Act’s constitutionality.

The Trump administration's executive order on mail-in voting is unconstitutional. States and Congress—not the President—have authority to regulate federal elections.

Recent state-led cases against the federal government demonstrate the range of injuries that states are successfully asserting under the current doctrines of state standing.

The White House's National AI Policy Framework asks Congress to shut down the only governments that are regulating AI, in exchange for a federal regime that would not.

The new role for state and local law enforcement authorities in prosecuting criminal violations of Americans' civil rights.

If the U.S. AI Action Plan's approach survives constitutional scrutiny, it will erode vital and enduring checks on presidential authority.