federal

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Alexander Hamilton noted in Federalist No. 32 that the constitutional requirement of a “uniform” naturalization law conferred exclusive jurisdiction on the federal government, to the exclusion of the states.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Immigrants detained at two federal facilities in California have launched a boycott in protest of increasing and, in their view, burdensome prices at the facilities’ commissaries for items including tampons, coffee and soup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

And all electric-vehicle makers lost the $7,500 federal EV purchase tax credit in September, which made EVs less affordable for American car buyers.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

As law professor Christian Burset notes, “The prohibition against advisory opinions is fundamental to our understanding of federal judicial power.”

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026

Soon federal forces would join Lieutenant Dana and fan out across the part of Maryland Booth and Herold were in.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson