CHQ - A Plan for States to Tame the Federal Leviathan Using the Constitutional Amendment Process

The States Can Check Washington's Power

Wall Street Journal (David Rivkin and Lee Casey) - "For nearly a hundred years, federal power has expanded at the expense of the states-to a point where even the wages and hours of state employees are subject to federal control. Basic health and safety regulations that were long exercised by states under their 'police power' are now dominated by Washington.
 
"There is a way to deter further constitutional mischief from Congress and the federal courts, and restore some semblance of the proper federal-state balance. That is to give to states-and through them the people-a greater role in the constitutional amendment process."
 

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