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The Supreme Court determined that this particular law did not apply retroactively because it found that there was " not a clear legislative intent that the statute apply retroactively " in the language of the law . The termination thus was certainly not " early " in the sense that it was precipitous or premature , as Beechwood implied . Echidne brought up Sinclair Lewis ' " It Ca n't Happen Here " in a thread over at Eschaton , and that along with this discussion has me thinking that blogs have changed America by connecting more people into the political discourse . We were glad that we had " gone south " for the winter . Cheryl Keenan , giving an update at last week 's National Coalition for Literacy meeting , described the change as " cosmetic " and logistical , indicating that the $ 9 million would be a " set aside " from the state grants to continue to support national leadership , including professional development .