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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Lane3 who wrote (103558)3/7/2005 2:04:48 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 793845
 
Maybe it's because I am enamoured with the concept of federalism, as set forth by Brandeis ("laboratories of democracy" has such a cool ring to it) but I think it's important to actually articulate federalism as a motive in order to get Brownie points for being a federalist.

Part of the problem may be with the name. Historically, the Founders who were opposed to strong central government were called anti-federalists. These days I would say federalism means recognizing that both sets of government, state and federal, have their own separate spheres.

State governments become very cognizant of federalism when the feds try to push them around, but it's very rare for Congress critters to even give lip service to federalism.
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