Such contempt for our Constitution is shameful. Why do you disrespect it so much? Is it that it gets in your way so often?
I've seen some of the silliest, stupidest crap on this board regarding these issues - its as if there weren't any branches of government set up under its provisions, and anarchy reigned.
A couple of points on this - John Marshall, frequently ripped for agglomerating power to the SC, was a contemporary of the original drafters, and knew a number of them personally. He was a helluva lot closer to knowing "original intent" thn some drunk, camo clad, trailer dwelling militia member.
George Washington (that jackbooted thug) used the power of the Federal Government to put down the Whiskey Rebellion.
Therefore, and in pursuance of the proviso above recited, I. George Washington, President of the United States, do hereby command all persons, being insurgents, as aforesaid, and all others whom it may concern, on or before the 1st day of September next to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes. And I do moreover warn all persons whomsoever against aiding, abetting, or comforting the perpetrators of the aforesaid treasonable acts; and do require all officers and other citizens, according to their respective duties and the laws of the land, to exert their utmost endeavors to prevent and suppress such dangerous proceedings.
Thomas Jefferson (RINO statist that he was) used the US Treasury to buy up the Louisiana Purchase, a move that brought howls of outrage about unconstitutionality from your ideological forebears.
Keeping in mind that they had already tried the weak federation route, it is no wonder they took the sort of decisive actions they did.