I am willing to believe that my high school civics class was dumbed down for the droolers. It being a required class and all, they might have just boiled down all the nuances to a simple dichotomy.
Ah, the Wikipedias tell all (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism_in_the_united_states). Apparently there is a New Federalism[tm] which means the opposite of what Federalism used to mean. *facepalm*
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Date: 2008-10-02 01:05 pm (UTC)I am willing to believe that my high school civics class was dumbed down for the droolers. It being a required class and all, they might have just boiled down all the nuances to a simple dichotomy.
Ah, the Wikipedias tell all (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism_in_the_united_states). Apparently there is a New Federalism[tm] which means the opposite of what Federalism used to mean. *facepalm*