Trump’s federalist approach puts a spotlight on state power

The Great Depression created a massive growth in the federal government’s power.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt accumulated central authority never before asserted in our democratic republic of states. The New Deal stretched the federal government’s authority over “interstate commerce” almost beyond recognition.
The U.S. Supreme Court acceded to this expansion, especially after its ranks were filled by eight FDR appointments to the court.
One of their decisions allowed t