You might want to go back and reread the Constitution and the 27 amendments.
Please pay particular attention to the 10th Amendment:
" The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Therefore, the Federal government has a very limited role and unfortunately has exceeded its constitutional authority for many years - from all sides and all parties, but this is getting much worse. Bush was no saint, but he and congress were amateurs' compared to the current crop of carpet baggers in DC.
