FREDeralism

Over at I'm with Fred, Mr. Thompson opines on the explosive expansion of federal laws and regulations.

"The Supreme Court sometimes ignores the written Constitution to reflect its view of the times. So does Congress, which routinely forgets that our checks and balances, the separation of powers and our system of federalism are designed to diffuse power and protect the liberties of our people. Before anything else, folks in Washington ought to be asking first and foremost, “Should government be doing this? And if so, then at what level of government?” But they don’t.The result has been decades of growth in the size, scope and function of national government. Today’s governance of mandates, pre-emptions, regulations, and federal programs bears little resemblance to the balanced system the Framers intended."


Mark Tapscott at Examiner.com provides a cogent analysis of how Thompson may restore the power of the 10th Amendment.
(If you scroll through the site, you'll find other nuggets of wisdom, too)