The Relationship Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
- March 21, 2017
As the framers did with so many other decisions, in allocating authority between states and federal government they balanced competing values.
READ MORE. . . [A]ctivities over which the Constitution granted the federal government little or no jurisdiction [included] social services . . . education, religion, real estate, local businesses, most roads and other infrastructure, nearly all criminal law matters, and most civil court cases.
READ MOREThis new article presents even more evidence on how the federal government was supposed to be limited.
READ MOREThe Constitution created a strictly limited central government, which . . . would have no authority over religion, most criminal offenses, civil justice, social services, education, or most aspects of transportation or the economy.
READ MOREColorado’s [marijuana “legalization”] is a jerrybuilt legal scheme that, like many other “progressive” programs, looks more like racketeering than true legalization.
READ MORE. . . Those who adopted the Constitution understood that governance of recreational activities, such as sports, was reserved to the states. Regulation of in-state gambling, like other moral issues, similarly was outside the federal sphere.
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