America is living in a post-constitutional period—where the U.S. Constitution is no longer applied the way the Founding Fathers, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and the framers intended. I break down how the Supreme Court, lower federal courts, Congress, and the Executive branch accumulated powers they were never meant to have, from Marbury v. Madison and the rise of judicial review to the expansion of federal power through the national bank, implied powers, the New Deal, Franklin Roosevelt, and the modern administrative state. I also connect it to my own experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, when I needed a government letter just to travel to work, and ask the bigger question: where does government get this power? This is a deep dive into constitutional law, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, the Supreme Court, Congress, presidential power, COVID emergency powers, and the future of American liberty.
