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Jun 8, 2020 · As all 50 states start to reopen their economies, government officials face questions about their response to the coronavirus pandemic. While a vast majority of discourse focuses on the important ...
Abstract. The COVID-19 pandemic challenges a workable American federalism. The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reserves plenary responsibilities to states for promoting health and well-being; but states and their local governments suffer from a significant lack of resources and interjurisdictional competition during major emergencies.
Apr 6, 2020 · In extraordinary times — like the one we’re experiencing now — states and the federal government can activate emergency powers to expand their abilities to act swiftly and protect human life and health. All 50 states and dozens of localities and the federal government have declared emergencies.
Nov 9, 2020 · Abstract. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges to governments around the world. The federal structure within the United States has further complicated effective responses to mitigate the personal and economic effects of COVID. Here, we argue that the Trump administration’s approach to federalism—highlighted by the pandemic ...
- Ryan D. Williamson, John C. Morris
- 2021
Apr 2, 2020 · Covid-19 has exposed major weaknesses in the United States’ federalist system of public health governance, which divides powers among the federal, state, and local governments. SARS-CoV-2...
- Rebecca Lee Haffajee, Michelle M Mello
- 2020
The United States' response to the COVID-19 pandemic with consists of various measures by the medical community; the federal, state, and local governments; the military; and the private sector. The public response has been highly polarized, with partisan divides being observed and a number of concurrent protests and unrest complicating the ...
Oct 27, 2023 · In the case of COVID-19, public health federalism quickly complicated dealing with the pandemic in the face of weak early federal leadership, long-underfunded state public health systems and resistance to health reform, and other emergency response policy choices that teed up the “worst outbreak.”.
