LSSC & ABB Research
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Summary of Findings from the Legal Effort to Address Preemption
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State Preemption of Local Laws: Preliminary Review of Substantive Areas
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State Substantive & Procedural Constraints on Preemption Litigation
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The Validity of Arizona’s Law Imposing Financial Penalties on Localities with Preempted Ordinances Following the Arizona Supreme Court’s Brnovich Decision
White Papers
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Blanket Preemption: A Troubling Effort to Stifle Progressive Local Policymaking & Block Local Democracy, by Professor Laurie Reynolds and A Better Balance
- Confederate Monuments and Punitive Preemption: The Latest Assault on Local Democracy, Professor Richard Schragger and C. Alex Retzloff
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Gerrymandering and Local Democracy, by Professor Paul Diller
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Punitive Preemption: An Unprecedented Attack on Local Democracy, by Professor Richard Briffault
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The State Assault on Local Sanctuary Policies, by Professor Rick Su
- Repealing Preemption: Defending Local Democracy Now Includes A Growing Focus on Recovering Lost Local Authority, by Laura Huizar
- The Essential Role of Fiscal Authority in Local Democracy, by Professor Erin Scharff
Law Review Articles
- “Intrastate Preemption,” Paul Diller, Boston University Law Review (January 2008)
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“The Rise of State Preemption Laws in Response to Local Policy Innovation,” Lori Riverstone-Newell, Publius: The Journal of Federalism (May 2017)
- “Public Health ‘Preemption Plus’,” James G. Hodge, Alicia Corbett, Kim Weidenaar, & Sarah Wetter, Journal of Law Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 45 (May 2017)
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“The Attack on American Cities,” Richard Schragger, Texas Law Review (August 2017)
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“The Troubling Turn in State Preemption: The Assault on Progressive Cities and How Cities Can Respond,” Richard Briffault et al, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (September 2017)
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“The Challenge of the New Preemption,” Richard Briffault, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-580 (February 2018)
- “Hyper Preemption: A Reordering of the State-Local Relationship?” Erin Scharff, Georgetown Law Journal (September 2018)