THE CONSTITUTION
And when patriots cannot find a clause to justify an action of the federal government then the feds have probably overreached their constitutionally limited powers with the action.
In fact, to save yourselves some work, note that one of the only powers that the states have delegated to the feds to regulate something inside a state is the US Mail Service (1.8.7). In other words, nearly all other federal governnment services that many citizens are now so dependent on are unconstitutional imo.
Note that not only is everything that the EPA does, for example, unconstitutional imo, but the EPAs very existance is unconstitutional.
Also note that unconstitutional federal government social spending programs are based on 10th Amendment-protected state powers and associated state revenues which the corrupt feds have stolen from the states. Congress wrongly steals state revenues by means of unconstitutional federal taxes, taxes which Congress cannot justify under its Section 8-limited powers.
”Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” - Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
You’ve got it. Too many do not.
I estimate at least 80% of the $4 trillion federal government is unconstitutional: most cabinet positions, ALL of the “Administrative State” from whence come these unconstitutional and obnoxious executive-generated regulations - laws not made through Congress, our legislative branch.
The role of SCOTUS must be absolutely brought back to its constitutional roots - solving individual cases and controversies which precedent is confined to cases with similar facts and questions of law, not national law made by a court.
The goal is to dismantle the unconstitutional portion of the feds, put them back in their constitutional cage, and with a faithful, knowledgeable, and ardent populace, keep them there.