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“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined.”
-James Madison, Federalist #45

Does the federal government has the constitutional authority to meddle in areas such as health care and education?  What did the founding fathers, the people who wrote the Constitution and created the United States, think about this?

The answer is NO. The Constitution does not list control of health care and education as powers of the federal government, therefore the federal government is not permitted to meddle in these areas.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, the Federalist Papers are a series of articles written in 1787 and 1788 by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, three of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.  The articles explained the new Constitution and advocated for its ratification.

Regarding constitutional authority, current Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas stated it best: “There are really only two ways to interpret the Constitution — try to discern as best we can what the framers intended or make it up.”