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To: Pontiac
There is no provision for a Federal police agency in the Constitution.

True. The Constitution defines only 3 federal crimes: treason, piracy and counterfeiting. But it authorizes Congress to create new federal offenses. Since the Founding, Congress has created over 10,000 federal offenses, and that is why we have the FBI.

To get rid of the FBI, you need to pare down the number of federal offenses and restore police powers to the states.

11 posted on 06/19/2024 4:24:01 PM PDT by Publius
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To: Publius
Congress has created over 10,000 federal offenses, and that is why we have the FBI.

Even so, does that give the FBI arrests powers within the States?

I don’t believe that it does.

14 posted on 06/19/2024 5:03:09 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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