> the correct amount of federalization... may be significantly greater than seemed
Wrong. This is why the Constitution enumerates a few, very specific powers and says that the rest are reserved to the states and to the people.
> Radical minimization of the federal power was the design of the Articles of Confederation
Wrong. Congress couldn't even regulate foreign trade; there was no federal power. When the federal government cannot represent the nation as a whole to foreign powers, there is no true federal government. We moved to a Constitution with minimum federal power because that solution didn't work.
Wrong. This is why the Constitution enumerates a few, very specific powers and says that the rest are reserved to the states and to the people.
> Radical minimization of the federal power was the design of the Articles of Confederation
Wrong. Congress couldn't even regulate foreign trade; there was no federal power. When the federal government cannot represent the nation as a whole to foreign powers, there is no true federal government. We moved to a Constitution with minimum federal power because that solution didn't work.