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The Founders Wanted Big Government? I Object.

Were the Framers “nationalists” who all along, despite their own words to the contrary, secretly intended to establish in the original Constitution a federal leviathan?

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The Constitution and the Powers of War

The framers of the Constitution attempted to balance the power of the President as commander-in-chief with that of Congress, the representatives of the People. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution gives to the Executive Branch the command of the nation’s armed forces, while Article I, Section 8 gives to the Legislative Branch the power [...]

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