[Huck]

blah blah blah. Show me where the Constitution delegates the power to either the Congress or the Executive to create a police force.

[jamese777]

blah blah blah. Show me where the Constitution delegates the power to either the Congress or the Executive to create a police force.

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You don’t think that “provide for the common defence” as an enumerated power of Congress extends to domestic defense?

Article I, Section. 8.

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

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“I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Article 1, Section 8 delegates to Congress the authority to:

“make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers . . .”

Congress has the explicit authority to pass laws that regulate Commerce, establish post roads, define and punish felonies committed on the high seas and offenses against the law of nations, and provide for the punishment of counterfeiting. Is it not “necessary and proper” for Congress to establish a means by which these laws can be enforced?