Yes, that’s quite the fact. But it has always been my position that I resent *having* to look over politicians’ shoulders all the time to keep them in line because they can’t be trusted any other way.
Regardless what FDRs state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices wanted everybody to believe about the scope of Congresss Commerce Clause powers (1.8.3), note that a previous generation of state sovereignty-respecting justices had clarified the following about Congresss constitutionally limited powers.
Not only have the states never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate INTRAstate commerce, but also that Congress is also prohibited from appropriating taxes in the name of state power issues, basically anything that it cannot justify under its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers.
”State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress [emphases added].” - Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
So regarding Congresss Section 8-limited powers where federal domestic policy is concerned, if you hear politicians promising funding for anything not connected with the US Mail Service (1.8.7), then you can bet it is unconstitutional and be right most of the time.
So what is so difficult about keeping an eye on federal politicians?