True, siting transmission lines is an exercise in the dark side of American federalism.

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Recent decisions from the Supreme Court delivered a one-two punch to American federalism.

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This would mean genuine, American-style federalism, not the German kind, where the central government makes policy and the states administrate it.

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This would mean genuine, American-style federalism, not the German kind, where the central government makes policy and the states carry out the administration of it.

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But the EU might be wise to ponder American-style federalism.

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Unlike the American brand, German federalism has the central government making the decisions, and the states are administrative conveniences that carry them out.

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Many Shias, not just Sunnis, suspect federalism of being an American-Kurdish plot to break up Iraq.

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But the third American peculiarity may be a saving grace: federalism.

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