Article I is mostly about how the government is run, except for sections 8-10. Section 8 is powers of congress, which in summary are: - Manage the economy

Article I is mostly about how the government is run, except for sections 8-10. Section 8 is powers of congress, which in summary are: - Manage the economy - Deal with foreign nations - Deliver the mail - Run a patent/copyright system - Manage the military (standing navy, but the army is supposed to be justified every two years) - Govern Washington DC Section 9 puts limits and boundaries on the powers of congress. Section 10 says that the states can't do the things Congress is responsible for. Article II is about the president. The only real power he has is to be commander in chief of the military and to negotiate treaties. There's no new power here; the president is just in charge of a couple of items from Section 8. Article III sets up the supreme court. No particular powers are granted here, just some definition of the responsibilities of the highest court. There is nothing in here about "most" powers being granted (not reserved) to the Federal government. Most of the power was still with the states, who were responsible for their own internal governance and who influenced the Federal government through their Senators. The earlier federal governments were weaker than the one set up by the Constitution, but the Constitution did not establish a strong central government. The states were still largely independent, self-sufficient, and self-governing, and only gave up rights related to how they interacted with each other, other nations, and the scope of their military's. I wouldn't say that States actively resist guidelines and best practices; I'd say they resist unfunded mandates. And the real point is that they're supposed to be able to resist. They're supposed to be self-governed and independent, and if the Federal government tries to tell the States to do something that is outside of the Fed's powers to dictate, the States should resist unless it happens to be a really good idea.