Short of us sharing a military and state department, Chris almost had what he's asking for. The latter Clinton years and up through first few Bush II years had

Short of us sharing a military and state department, Chris almost had what he's asking for. The latter Clinton years and up through first few Bush II years had the states holding the their preeminence with a Congress that was loathe to step on states by way of preemption/supremacy clause. When the branches all flipped and the more liberal states starting feeling their oats the Courts shifted and were more eager to find in favor on Federal preemption in conflict cases. FCC actions upheld as they pertain to preempting state and local ISP regulations come to mind as the most egregious of recent flip-flops but I'm sure there are others. We'll probably drop back to a more federalist state of affairs once the branches flip again.