National election-administration standards should govern ballot access, counting procedures, and post-election audits in every region. In other words, one national set of minimum rules would govern who gets on the ballot, how votes are counted, and how results are checked.

The national government should be able to approve interstate transmission lines after a uniform review, even when individual localities object. In other words, transmission lines move electricity over long distances and often cross many local jurisdictions.

A national disaster agency should be able to direct resources and personnel across state or provincial boundaries during a major catastrophe. In other words, central command allows one authority to allocate scarce personnel and equipment across jurisdictions.

A national minimum school-funding floor should prevent poor regions from offering substantially fewer basic educational resources. In other words, a funding floor sets a national minimum while allowing regions to spend more.

States or provinces should set most school curricula rather than follow a single national curriculum. In other words, curriculum authority determines required subjects, standards, and instructional frameworks.

Municipalities should control zoning and housing density unless their decisions create clearly demonstrated harms outside their borders. In other words, zoning regulates land uses, building types, and development density.

Indigenous or tribal governments should have primary authority over land use and natural resources within their recognized territories. In other words, legally recognized Indigenous or tribal governments would make the first decision about land and resources in their own territories.

Regions should be free to adopt different tax and social-policy models so voters can compare real alternatives. In other words, policy experimentation allows jurisdictions to test different approaches under comparable national rules.

Cities should be free to cap fees charged by delivery platforms, even if some firms leave those markets. In other words, platform fee caps limit the commission charged to restaurants, drivers, or customers.

The national government should require public ownership of water utilities in every region even when local voters prefer private provision. In other words, a national mandate would remove local choice over whether the utility is publicly or privately owned.

A single national law should determine the basic legality of abortion rather than allowing states or provinces to adopt substantially different rules. In other words, the country should have one minimum legal framework for abortion instead of a patchwork based on where a person lives.

States or provinces should be free to set substantially different abortion laws even when the result is unequal access across the country. In other words, abortion policy should be decided regionally rather than forced into one national rule.