Decentralization and Secession

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Regional Territories: A Decentralization Plan for the USA

Decentralization and SecessionU.S. History

Blog07/27/2022

As political divisions worsen in the United States, one remedy besides secession might be to create semiautonomous regional territories.

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College Conference Switching as Secession? A Case Study in "Nations by Consent"

Decentralization and Secession

Blog07/16/2022

One way to interpret Southern Cal and UCLA's move to switch conferences and join the Big 10 is as a form of peaceful secession.

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Is the Constitution a Centralizing or Decentralizing Document?

Decentralization and SecessionU.S. History

Blog07/11/2022

People often speak of the Constitution with reverence, as though it were infallible. However, the Constitution was a centralizing document that cast aside the decentralization of the Articles of Confederation.

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The Myth behind the Federal Power to Strike Down State Laws

Decentralization and SecessionU.S. History

Blog07/08/2022

Why do Americans believe that state and local laws are subject to veto by federal policy makers but the federal government is to be the sole judge of its own laws? Federal elites want it that way.

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Federalism, Not Centralization, Is the Way out of the Current Conflicts

Decentralization and SecessionProgressivism

Blog07/06/2022

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, pundits on the Left have demanded even more centralization of government. But federalism is the best way forward.

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To Avoid Civil War, Learn to Tolerate Different Laws in Different States

Decentralization and Secession

Blog07/02/2022

The end of Roe may force many Americans to recognize that the United States is not one place. It is many places. The key is to reject uniform federal policy. 

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Independence for Chagossians? Time to End Colonialist Policies

AntipoliticsDecentralization and SecessionDemocracy

Blog06/21/2022

The Mauritius government still denies Chagossians independence, continuing colonial policies.

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144 Million Americans Now Live in States with Legal Recreational Marijuana

Decentralization and Secession

Blog06/20/2022

Were these cannabis-legal states to combine to form their own country, it would be the tenth-largest country in the world.

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Why Social Issues Dominate

Decentralization and SecessionMedia and CulturePolitical Theory

Blog05/04/2022

Social issues, from abortion to critical race theory to teaching gender identity in elementary schools, dominate our politics and media.

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Decentralized and Neutral

Decentralization and SecessionDemocracy

Blog04/27/2022

The EU is a prime example of a tendency toward territorial expansion and political centralization.

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