Real Federalism: Why It Matters, How It Could Happen

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Real Federalism: Why It Matters, How It Could Happen by Michael S. Greve American Enterprise Institute * 1999 * 201 pages * $34.95 cloth; $16.95 paperback

Reviewed by George C. Leef

"Federalism's history has been the history of its demise." So writes Michael S. Greve in a book designed nevertheless to prove that, like Mark Twain's demise, the death of federalism has been greatly exaggerated. Federalism has been down for decades, floored by the pro-New Deal shift of the Supreme Court in 1937 and kicked repeatedly by the Court and Congress ever since. Greve, however, has found that it still has a pulse and shows some signs of getting up off the mat. Those of us who prefer …