The articles of Confederation resulted in a Federal government that was too weak and state governments that were too strong. We tried giving the states lots and lots of power and it didn't work.
The Articles of Confederation also did not establish a Nation. What they tried was basically a European union of sorts. Each state was its own sovereign entity with very few governing rules established by the confederacy. This would not do for most other countries who wanted some kind of guarantee for making treaties with us as a nation and not hash out the details of a different treaty with each separate state.
I wasn't implying the Articles were a better system just pointing out that this has been an issue since the adoption of our current constitution. My point was more or less that I feel the federal government and the president specifically have too much power. Look at marijuana prohibition, for example. That should be an issue for the states. Unless of course they decide to draft a constitutional amendment like they had to do with alcohol.
The constitution means nothing anymore. They just past a provision as part of the National Defense Authorization Act which allows the federal government to detain American citizens indefinitely without a trial under suspicion of being in a terrorist. Don't believe me? Read sections 1021 and 1022 of the NDAA. They love sneaking these things in around the holidays when they think nobody is paying attention.
You might be surprised to hear that I kind of agree with you there.
Not necessarily more power but I dont want the powers that the states have to be kicked further up the chain to the federal government where they can be made even more draconian.
Where and how the government power is divided up is almost irrelevant. Shouldn't individual people be more empowered and intrusive governments of all types be less empowered?
