The U.S. federal government has grown into a leviathan exceeding any of the Founding Fathers’ worst nightmares. Its tentacles have spread into almost every conceivable policy area, which is often in blatant conflict with the powers expressly granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution. These areas include but are not limited to education, health care, transportation, firearms, energy, law enforcement, agriculture, housing, and myriad social issues. As the power of the federal government has exponentially grown over the course of the past century in particular, states’ rights have exponentially deteriorated in tandem. If it is not reversed, this phenomenon will eradicate the entire notion of federalism—one of the most important foundations of our constitutional republic. 

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