Obama's EPA and the death of federalism

Despite a lifetime spent studying history and politics, it still surprises me when federal regulators attempt to overreach their constitutional authority in an effort to make policy. When that happens, the policy created is not only illegal; it is myopic, short-sighted — and just plain bad.

To get a sense of how bad, consider the draconian actions the Obama administration is threatening to take against states in its effort to impose a convoluted environmental regulatory regime.