Federalism put in coma by Republicans: "President Bush, like the rest of his party, had zero difficulty in throwing aside the fatuous lip service the GOP pays to concepts like Federalism and States Rights, in order to sign a bill which put one case and one case only in front of a federal judge.  What about all this talk about 'big government' and its evils?  What is more 'big government' than Congress passing a bill to intervene in one family's medical decision, especially after a state court has worked 15 years towards a resolution"

(Via Martini Republic.)