Alexander Hamilton strongly supported protective tariffs.
LOL!
Hmm; yes, a bad example and terribly embarrassing. Though i do not believe that you've refuted the strong centralized government charge I levied against you...and how could you given your central planning adoration?
So perhaps you want to go back to the weak Articles of Confederation?
I don't.
I too wish we could undo a great deal of crap done in the name of the Interstate Commerce clause. But tariffs were always constitutional. No ifs. Not buts. No maybes.