Americans oftentimes forget that the Constitution called the federal government into existence and, equally important, limited its powers to those enumerated in the Constitution itself. In fact, the only reason our American ancestors accepted the Constitution was because they were assured that its powers would be few, limited, and extremely restricted. Thus, the Constitution did not call into existence a government with inherent powers, like the traditional “police powers” that characterized...
How the Federal Government Acquired the Power of Assassination
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