The annual report by Prof. John Kincaid of the Meyner Center for the Study of State & Local Government on U.S. Federalism exposes the actual situation on American federalism at the dawn of the presidential elections. A good review of the legislation the Congress has been working on in the past year and still is as of today. A small peek into the side effects of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court and what it means now for open cases and the interesting situation, which has created itself while waiting for the new President to be elected.