Federalism is on its deathbed. The public is not well-informed (i.e., media and politicians are superficial at best, duplicitous most of the time), and hasn't the collective ability (i.e., education) or wherewithall (i.e., inclination) to reverse the course.
Interesting times indeed.
Speaking of federalism, Walter Williams (sitting in for Rush) just mentioned that Miguel Estrada was a member of the federalist society.