Brian Highsmith
- Jun 27, 2023
- 6 min
Averting Local Fiscal Crises—and Resolving the “Trilemma”—by Centralizing Infrastructure Funding
Written among other purposes as a policymaker’s handbook, David Schleicher’s “In a Bad State” develops important—and timely—lessons from...
Sarah L. Swan
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
Swan's Picks: This week, some stories on SCOTUS and the states. Abortion, guns, elections and more.
American influence has a new address on State Street - POLITICO Ellison says MN to protect out-of-state abortions if Roe falls...
Meryl Chertoff
- Jan 26, 2022
- 6 min
SCOTUS Decision in OSHA Case: Without Incremental Agency Strategy, Bad Law and Worse Opinions
Some of the Justices at SCOTUS have been reading author (and Sixth Circuit Chief Judge) Jeffrey Sutton. The Court’s per curiam decision...
Emily Zackin
- Oct 19, 2021
- 4 min
Who Decides: Diving into the Realm Beneath the Federal Level
This remarkably engaging and expansive book is about federalism, constitutionalism, and democracy, but as I sit down now to describe it,...
daniel.rodriguez
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
Judge Sutton's Brief for State Constitutionalism: A Book Symposium from SLoGLaw Blog
With Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, we have a fascinating puzzle. Here is a one of our leading federal judges. An accomplished lawyer who has...