Then we would have an A#1 litmus test for all congress critters come November.
The first step in dealing with the corrupt feds is the following. Challenge what clause in the Constitution's Section 8 of Article I gives the feds the power to do what they are trying to do. And whatever the federal government answers, the next step is to heed the following.
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
More specifically, using immigration as an example, since the word "immigration" is not in the Constitution, the Founding States had made the 10th Amendment to clarify that the Constitution's silence about things like immigration means that government power to regulate, tax and spend immigration is reserved uniquely to the states, not to the federal government.
In fact, for those people who would argue that federal government power to regulate immigration is reasonably implied by the Constitution's uniform Rule of Naturalization Clause, Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I, please consider the following. Thomas Jefferson had written, in terms of the 10th Amendment nonetheless, that the states had never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to address immigration issues.
“4. _Resolved_, That alien friends are under the jurisdiction and protection of the laws of the State wherein they are: that no power over them has been delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the individual States, distinct from their power over citizens. And it being true as a general principle, and one of the amendments to the Constitution having also declared, that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people,” the act of the Congress of the United States, passed on the — day of July, 1798, intituled “An Act concerning aliens,” which assumes powers over alien friends, not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void, and of no force [emphasis added].” —Thomas Jefferson, Draft of the Kentucky Resolutions - October 1798.
And for those DC "leaders" who would argue that since the Constitution doesn't say that they can't do something, regulate immigration in this case, that it means that the feds can do it, the Supreme Court has clarified the foolishness of that argument. The Court has indicated that power not delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, are prohibited to the federal government.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
And the monetary importance of the states not delegating to the feds the specific power to regulate immigration is the following. Justice John Marshall had officially clarified that Congress is prohibited from laying taxes in the name of state power issues.
“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.
So if Sheriff Jones had been taught that the federal government has no constitutional authority to tax and spend for immigration purposes then he'd probably be working with cash-strapped local and state leaders to put a stop to the federal government's constitutionally indefensible taxation for that purpose. (Note that it would be much easier for state lawmakers to work with Congress to put a stop to such illegal federal taxes if state lawmakers hadn't foolishly ratified the ill-conceived 17th Amendment.)
What a mess! :^(
As a side note concerning the federal government's constitutionally limited powers, please consider the following. The states would sure be a dull, boring place to grow up and live in if parents were to make sure that their children were taught about the federal government's constitutionally limited powers as the Founding States had intended for those powers to be understood. /sarc
Thomas Jefferson had put it this way:
“Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature.” - Thomas Jefferson (Letter to Edward Carrington January 16, 1787)
In fact, forget about traditional salesman / sucker cliches like "buying the Brooklyn Bridge." Voters now have to deal with the problem that they have foolishly traded their votes for constitutionally nonexistent rights and federal spending programs based on constitutionally nonexistant federal government powers.
Again, what a mess!
Then we would have an A#1 litmus test for all congress critters come November.