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Defending the Constitution: Limits on Federal Authority

Defending the Constitution: Limits on Federal Authority
A statue of George Washington is seen near the New York Stock Exchange building along Wall Street in New York City on Aug. 1, 2018. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
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One of the Constitution’s most important features—limits on the central government—has been the target of a propaganda campaign for many decades.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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