Thank God for the Internet. Must-reading for all interested in federalism and related issues surrounding Kelo and other constitutional issues is: St. George Tucker, View of the Constitution of the United States with Selected Writings (1803). As Tom DiLorenzo mentioned to me in a private email about this: The indispensable resource for [the pro-federalist] argument is St. George Tucker’s book, A View of the Constitution. It lays out the Jeffersonian interpretation of the Constituton, which was replaced by the centralizing, big government, Lincolnite interpretation after 1865. Clyde Wilson’s foreword brilliantly summarizes the importance and context of the arguments. The first … Continue reading St. George Tucker on the Constitution and Federalism