That's one of those oddities of political language. Federalism refers to a federation of states rather than a federal entity, hence the confusion.
I like Federalism, which is not to say that I dislike the U.S. government but that I think it should stay out of issues like education which are inherently local in nature. Nor does my admiration for Federalism make me wary of the Judicial branch of the U.S. government. It is, after all, the Judiciary that is the ultimate protector of people's rights under the Constitution. Don't believe the hype that support for Federalism and support for a strong U.S. Judiciary are in some way fundamentally at odds. On 8/16/07, G Money wrote: > > Hmm...ok, that word confuses me because in our system, anything that is > controlled by the central government is referred to as "Federal"..like the > FBI. So when I hear "federalization", I think of a trend towards the > central > government. > > Oh well...semantics. > > On 8/16/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Actually, as I understand it, a federailzed system give the member > states > > most of the power while the central government sees to the common > defense > > and interstate activities with little control over other activities in > the > > states. Our current system is more a republican system with the central > > government having more power and the member states seeing to good of the > > central government. In a repubic, there is often a blurring of the > lines > > between the member states as the central government gains more power (as > we > > have seen here in the US for tha past century). > > > > >Wouldn't that be a LESS federalized system, or am I confused on that > > term??? > > > > > >-- > > >Her CD changer is full of singers who are mad at their cat. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240528 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
