[Baynative]

"Thanks to Jackson’s emphasis on federalism, citizens who had the right to vote carried Pocket Constitutions to political events for reference. These were bound in red or blue, but not white, for Americans of that era worked with their hands and would have sullied a white cover. Once the politician began speaking, Constitutions would come out of pockets, and people would thumb through the document, evaluating the speech and asking whether something proposed by the politician fit within the Constitution’s enumerated powers. Woe betide the politician who did not know his Constitution by heart!"

I the modern era Arizona Rep. John Shadegg has repeatedly proposed the Enumerated Powers Act that is always fought off by the ruling class of venerable career politicians and establishment liberal elites.

Educating Americans about the value of this proposal would make a great difference in how our congress operates.

[Jacquerie]

The “Necessary and Proper” clause alone was adequate to remind Congress of their legislative limits.

Ignored of course, like much of the rest of the Constitution.