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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Lots of things weren’t envisioned by the “founders” because society was fundamentally different 250 years ago . Think of everything now that did not exist in the late 1700’s. Air travel, cars, IVF, gene therapy, computers, the internet, AI, cell phones, nuclear weapons, light bulbs, etc. Congress needs the authority to create new government agencies and functions. Otherwise we will be unable to adapt with the times and we will be left in the dust by other nations with more functional government systems. [/quote]

Agreed, and that is why they allowed the Constitution to be amended in the future.  But, as it is written now, Congress has limited, enumerated powers, and those powers not specifically granted to it are reserved to the states.  FEMA may be a great idea, but there is no Constitutional justification for it in the Constitution as it now exists.

I am not defending anything that is currently happening in the executive branch right now.  I am just stating that, per the Constitution, non-defense emergency management is a state power, not a federal one.[/quote]

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