The Brooks-Baxter War of 1874 was a violent gubernatorial dispute in Arkansas that resulted in a total breakdown of state authority. The conflict forced the United States federal government to…
In 1798, the Virginia and Kentucky legislatures passed resolutions challenging the constitutionality of the federal Alien and Sedition Acts. These documents, authored by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, introduced the…
The Nullification Crisis of 1832 represented a major constitutional confrontation in the United States over the limits of state sovereignty. South Carolina's attempt to declare federal tariffs unconstitutional forced President…
A February 7, 2025 executive order directs a Justice Department review of federal firearm rules issued since 2021, asking agencies to identify regulations that the administration deems to infringe Second…
A March 2025 executive directive directs the Department of Education to return many responsibilities to states while maintaining core federal functions such as student loans, Title I and IDEA. Agencies…
A new directive instructs the Secretary of Education to begin shifting authority, oversight, and many grant functions away from the federal Department of Education and toward states and local agencies.…
An array of executive directives is shifting responsibility for child care and family benefits toward states while imposing centralized reviews of agency actions. The approach aims to speed approvals and…
The Trump administration’s reshaping of FEMA relies on memos, executive orders and personnel shifts to move responsibilities toward states, pause major mitigation programs and remove climate and DEI language from…
Federal disaster policy now shifts responsibility to states, leading to fewer federal resources, more local bureaucracy, and unpredictable relief. The Trump administration frames these changes as necessary to limit big…
