“Madison, Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and others devised a system and embedded the Constitution with mechanisms to thwart the “natural” tendency of the political class to usurp power—to become a permanent elite lording over pauperized subjects”
It didn’t work. The elected misrepresentatives do damn well whatever they want. Abridge the 1st amendment, Yup. Infringe on the 2nd? All the time. They even decide when to give themselves more pay and how much.
They’ve twisted the interstate commerce clause to extend their powers over every facet of a citizen’s life.
Unlimited power to tax incomes and rendering Senators who once represented states into pandering three term congressmen are to blame for much of what ails us.
I do not diminish your argument regarding the courts abuse of interstate commerce clause. It is too bad we cannot reset the Constitution and go back to the original document, 10 Amendments and toss out 225+ years of awful case law.