George W. Bush and the spirit of coercive federalism

George W. Bush and the spirit of coercive federalism Kincaid, John This chapter examines the domestic presidency of George W. Bush in light of the dissipation of the spirit of federalism in the United States over the past 45 years. The federal system continues to function with no constitutional or major institutional change, but it does so without the spirit that animated American federalism during the cooperative days of the past.