[AndyJackson]

the President had little real power, because he was not given a massive army of armed bureaucrats to impose his will.

Like in the Whiskey Rebellion?

[SauronOfMordor]

>>Like in the Whiskey Rebellion?<<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion

“Washington himself rode at the head of an army to suppress the insurgency, with 13,000 militiamen provided by the governors of Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The rebels all went home before the arrival of the army, and there was no confrontation”

Washington would have had no army to enforce federal will, without the agreement and support of local governors, and without the militia showing up. This is my point.