Our constitution lays out a constraint, a series of constraints, for what the federal government is supposed to do and the things that it cannot do, things that are left to the states, rights that are reserved for the people. And The federal government has used certain clauses in the constitution as mechanisms, such as the general welfare clause, to attempt to expand dramatically. and has successfully dramatically expanded the scope of government. And it's resulted in a ballooning of federal overreach, not just in Alaska, but across the country. (06:43–06:54)
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Asserts that the federal government uses constitutional clauses to dramatically expand its scope.
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