by Paul Gottfried The residual authority of the states, the defined powers of Congress in Article One of the Constitution, and the notion the Supreme Court should be the "weakest of the three branches" are treated as inconvenient archaisms that had to be overcome in order to lift up the oppressed members of our society. We learn that Hamilton favored strong federal power but did so for reactionary reasons, unlike modern judicial activists who have allegedly applied federal power positively, to make us a "more open society." By now, thank Heavens, I am mercifully free of the job of running … Continue reading Glory to Government