Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The ELECTED government is generally considered to be expressing the will of the people when it does stuff not specified in the constitution. As long as it's not in violation of said constitution.
Except that the 9th and 10th Amendments specifically say that unless a specific action is enumerated in the Constitution, then the federal government isn't allowed to do it.
So if it isn't one of the powers granted to the federal governments by the state governments listed in Art I, Sec 8, then it is by default unconstitutional.