Just Another Political Post.

[Occhidiangela]

I'm I wrong, or does federalism mean the opposite of how you use it?  If someone tells me he is a federalist (not that this ever actually happens), I would tend to assume he is a pretty strong advocate of states' rights; the type of person who could theoretically be Pro-Choice at the state level, and still oppose Roe v. Wade as overstepping the bounds of federal government.
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As I am using the word, a federalist would prefer greater centralized power for the federal government at the expense of the sovereignty of state governments. That yields greater federal control of state and local matters. If I am misusing that, I need to come up with another word.

I am still madder than hell that the Feds busted that Doc over medicinal marijuana in Oakland, even though CA did not prosecute him and he was breaking no CA law, and there was nothing in the case that told me his practice was crossing state lines. The War on Drugs was the beginning of creeping Federalism, and I never really "got" that until recently.

Maybe I should use Centralist? Doesn't seem to fit.

Occhi