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If you want to get into the heads of founders you should read further up where it says that the document delegates powers to the state, rather than granting rig

• rayiner 12y ago
  There is also no explicit delegation of the power to search with a warrant. By your reasoning, the federal government never has he power to conduct any search. Which renders the 4th amendment gibberish, because why prohibit "unreasonable" searches and set out the requirements for a warrant in that case? The Constitution gives the federal government sole authority over national security, from both domestic and external threats. That was in fact one of the purposes of creating the federal government (the states' trouble in putting down Shays' rebellion). It also gives the federal government authority over interstate commerce. Ensuring the security of planes from terrorism is right at the core of what the federal government was created to do.