Though lauded as a check on the federal government, the Constitution is actually what gives it power. Hamilton’s Federalists insighted a frenzy similar to that around the Patriot Act with intentions of building a strong federal government that would even elect the governors of each state and veto their laws. Though the resulting government had much less power, can we truly arrive at solution to our problems without examining the Constitution in earnest and even questioning if a federal government is necessary at all?