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03c. Federal-State Relations Today: Back to States' Rights?

03c. Federal-State Relations Today: Back to States' Rights?

For almost 200 years, the federal-state relationship has shifted more and more toward national supremacy. But some observers today believe that over the past twenty years, the balance of power is beginning to tilt back toward the states. Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush tried to slow down the growth of the national government under the banner of "New Federalism."...

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