The Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution states, in part: “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. What can be done to protect the ability of private property owners to ...

This article appears in the February 2024 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. There’s nothing historically novel about America’s politics dividing along urban vs. rural or ...

As laboratories of democracy, local governments are incubators for innovative policies with the potential to improve health and reduce health inequities. Local policy change is often grounded in a ...

In late October, the Supreme Court quietly declined to review Lipschultz v. Charter Advanced Services, an Eighth Circuit decision that preempted state regulation of fixed Voice-over-Internet-Protocol ...

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors Thursday urged the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to revisit its current preemption regulations — issued in 2011 — arguing they defy both the law ...

Congressional Republicans are trying again to preempt state AI laws. Here’s what Congress’ last failed moratorium on state AI laws reveals about future efforts at preemption or moratoriums. In this ...

In Kansas v. Garcia, the state of Kansas appeals the Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling that the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act preempts the state’s prosecution, under state identity- and ...

Since the advent of #MeToo, survivors of sexual abuse nationwide have advocated for expanded opportunities to bring civil actions against individual and institutional actors they deem responsible for ...