Brute Force (Anti) Federalism

States are engaging in brute force (anti) federalism, where both sides of the political spectrum push agendas that extend beyond Founder's early ideal balanced using popular support and special interest groups' interests as their springboard. These trial‐and‐error tactics increase vertical interstate horizontal frictions, create economic challenges for businesses, American polarization. However, they also allow states opportunity to an increasingly stalemated federal government into action. This article introduces concept federalism by first examining evolution modern federalism. It then offers a sampling state efforts, analyzes effect momentum groups on activity, advances broad‐based perspectives surrounding poses additional questions be considered.