Eighty to 90% of the Federal government has no Constitutional authority.
I am a strict constructionist. I am for strictly Constitutional government. ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ; ๐.๐. ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ; ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐.
The first Tea Party Congress instituted that. At the time there was enough likeminded GOP to put it in place. The minute control was lost to Pelosi and her ilk it was removed. Since then, even with the occasional GOP control there hasn’t been enough GOP’ers of the Tea Party mind to put it back.
Eighty to 90% of the Federal government has no Constitutional authority.
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Agreed. But there is a fly in the ointment.
The federal government is NOT allowed to rule over whatever it wishes, just because they can muster a majority vote in Congress. Where in the hell did our rulers in Congress give themselves the authority to outlaw incandescent light bulbs and require seat belts? By definition, the feds can do only what the Constitution says in writing they can do, and nothing more. (Please read the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.)
But there are a few things that the Constitution does not allow that we might not want to give up. For example, the Constitution does not mention Social Security, so by all rights it should be ended. All things โenvironmentalโ see no mention in the Constitution, so we should see no impact.
I can see Strict Construction, butโฆ