. . . [A]ctivities over which the Constitution granted the federal government little or no jurisdiction [included] social services . . . education, religion, real estate, local businesses, most roads and other infrastructure, nearly all criminal law matters, and most civil court cases.
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“THE POWERS OF THE SWORD ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE YEOMANRY OF AMERICA FROM SIXTEEN TO SIXTY … Who are the militia? are they not ourselves[?].”
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This passage leaves nothing to inference: Coxe states explicitly that the militia consists of every man from 16 to 60 years of age.
The Constitution created a strictly limited central government, which . . . would have no authority over religion, most criminal offenses, civil justice, social services, education, or most aspects of transportation or the economy.
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