“The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little to-day and a little to-morrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief, over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped from the States, and the government of all be consolidated into one.”
Your first reply on FR. Welcome.
Jefferson was a very astute observer of the human condition.
People change. Sometimes for the better. Sometimes for the worse. Be great if we could read minds. Better yet, if we had a crystal ball.... ;^)