09-19-2005, 03:12 PM
Occhidiangela,Sep 19 2005, 08:46 AM Wrote:Maybe I should use Centralist? Doesn't seem to fit.
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I guess it would be more clear that way. A quick google search for "Rehnquist" and "federalist" found numerous articles referring to him as a federalist, and at least one referring to him as an anti-federalist. In every case, they meant that he pushed for states' rights. I think your use is logically and historically correct, but somewhere along the line the meaning has flipped in common use.