Michelle Bachmann Rightly Says That Department Of Education Is Unconstitutional

CNN’s Political Ticker points out that Michelle Bachmann rightly realizes that education is simply not an enumerated power in Article I, Section 8 given to the federal Congress by the Constitution, and that therefore it is an area reserved to the people and the States to manage as they see fit. The Department of Education is indeed just one of the many examples of unconstitutionality:

Painting herself as a “constitutional conservative” Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told Sen. Jim DeMint’s forum Monday that if elected president she would look to get rid of the Department of Education, among other things.

“Because the Constitution does not specifically enumerate nor does it give to the federal government the role and duty to superintend over education that historically has been held by the parents and by local communities and by state governments,” she said, responding to a question by DeMint, a popular figure among the tea party movement.

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