Gee’s Reviews > By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission > Status Update

The original dual federalism that prevailed until the constitutional revolution of 1937–1942, in which the states still had reasonably well-understood areas of independent authority, gave way to “cooperative” federalism. Under cooperative federalism, the federal government had nearly unlimited power to override a state’s policies. At the same time, large cash grants increasingly drifted downward from Washington