Federal Government and the Constitution

Where in our Constitution does the federal government fit in?

First, understand that the federal government did not create the state governments, subservient to the federal government. 

It was the state governments, needing a centralized entity to provide protection from foreign enemies and perform a limited role, who created the federal government.

A federal government subservient to the sovereign states, limited to only those authorities clearly enumerated in the Constitution. Those authorities are limited to providing for the common defense; regulating commerce; establishing post offices; making treaties; and raising revenue for debts incurred by these functions.

During the first 180-plus years, the federal government largely respected the Constitution and elected officials did the work of the people without delegating their responsibilities to bureaucrats.

With the advent of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society, Congress began a wholesale unconstitutional assumption of states’ responsibilities including, but not limited to, Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Education, Health and Human Services, Labor, EPA, etc., etc. With this unparalleled growth came uncontrolled spending leading to our current 30-plus trillion dollars debt.

As the federal bureaucracy has expanded, America has become one Nation Ungovernable. No one can say with any certainty just how many federal agencies now exist, yet those agencies make most of our country’s laws and regulations rather than our elected officials.

If no one knows definitively how many agencies, components and commissions exist by whose laws and rules we must abide, that means we similarly do not know how many employees (let alone contractors) work for the government. These entities are what is meant by the "swamp."

The 10th Amendment clearly enumerates the limited authority the federal government has over the states and the legal citizens of this Nation: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”

However, despite the 10th Amendment, the depth and breadth of the federal government have grown so massive that gaining control of and reining in their overwhelming control of our lives will be extremely difficult. It will require an unprecedented level of effort and cooperation between a strong-willed president such as President Trump and a strong, fearless conservative congress. 

Ultimately, it will take congressional action to reverse the delegation of legislative power to the massive number of unelected officials that characterizes the so-called democratic governance we live under today.

The convening of a “Convention of States,” as provided under Article V of the Constitution, restricted by State legislation to consider only three amendments: mandated term limits; mandating a balanced budget, and restricting Federal jurisdiction, will be a massive blow against this monster. 

We must stand strong and actively reform our federal government if we are to preserve a free Constitutional Republic for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren. It is imperative that everyone becomes engaged.