The Founding Fathers thought long and hard about the proper role of
government in our lives, and they set forth their thoughts in a
document that explicitly numerates the powers of the federal
government. To restore truly limited government, therefore, we must
do more than define issues as political or budgetary. We must go to
the heart of the matter and raise the underlying constitutional
questions. In a word, we must ask the most fundamental question of
all: Does the government have the authority, the constitutional
authority, to do what it is doing?
![Tanja Porčnik presents her co-authored report "The Human Freedom Index 2017" at the Republikon Institute](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/styles/resp__img__multimedia-sides-2x/s3/multimedia/2018/porcnik-republikoninstitute-9-20-18.jpg?itok=NfXiYz0E×tamp=1537549298 "Tanja Porčnik presents her co-authored report "The Human Freedom Index 2017" at the Republikon Institute")
