Podcast: What Is the Role of the Federal Government under the Constitution?

In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about the proper role of the federal government. Hint: meddling in your sex life isn’t part of it!

During a recent televised townhall meeting, Anderson Cooper asked Donald Trump to name the most important priorities of the federal government. Two of the things Trump included on his list aren’t even constitutional roles of the federal government.

Sadly, most Americans have no clue what role the federal government was supposed to fill in the political system. As a result, we have federalized virtually everything – even sex!

In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain, from the founders’ perspective, exactly what the federal government was intended to do – and what it wasn’t.

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SHOW NOTES AND LINKS

Reason Article about the federal BDSM case

Constitution 101: A General Government for Limited Purposes

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