You keep hand waving about messes. The current political climate seems to be heading toward more than just a mess. If there were consensus about some issues no

You keep hand waving about messes. The current political climate seems to be heading toward more than just a mess. If there were consensus about some issues not being national issues, your points about currently local issues would be stronger. But the fact is that it's still a minority, if not niche, view that all these issues should stay local indefinitely. I suspect the gridlock is protecting federalism more than principle or even court rulings are.