Something not discussed nearly enough, even around here, is that the federal government does NOT have authority to "do whatever it wants." It has LIMITED authority, per the Constitution.
The federal government has exclusive legislative jurisdiction over (a) Washington, DC, (b) the federal territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.), and (c) the federal enclaves (areas such as military bases, where the State granted to the federal government exclusive jurisdiction or such jurisdiction was reserved by the federal government upon statehood).
In every other area within the States, the federal government ONLY has jurisdiction in those specific areas that the Constitution enumerates such powers (bankruptcy courts, immigration law, post offices, etc.).
In 1956, a report was published discussing federal jurisdiction:
https://www.defendruralamerica.com/files/DSJurisdictionReport1957.pdf
As the federal government attempts to encroach on areas that are not within its powers, it becomes more and more important to be reminded of the constitutional limitations.
The trick used today is the feds claim they have a "contract" with a person or business and that allows them to violate their jurisdictional limits.
It does not. The feds cannot obtain by private contract what it cannot have the authority to do via the Constitution.
They also claim the "interstate commerce" clause as a reason to get their fingers into everything. With that argument they can justify almost anything. We have to get them back to a restricted interpretation of interstate commerce.
Robert Jackson was the justice who wrote the opinion on that. He said that if a farmer COULD have sold his produce across state lines, even though in fact he did NOT, then it fell under "interstate commerce."
Complete BS.
Jackson was also a lead prosecutor for US at Nuremberg, which was a kangaroo court. The rules were set by the Soviets (no evidence needed to be presented in order to obtain a conviction, tortured confessions were submitted as "evidence," etc.).
John Roberts said that Jackson was his all-time favorite SCOTUS justice, when he was interviewed by Karl Rove. Bush KNEW that Roberts was a tyrannt type BEFORE he was appointed. That is likely WHY he was appointed and confirmed by the criminals in the Senate.