The Founding Fathers of the United States of America clearly understood the problems that would arise if the federal government was given too much power and authority over the individual states' governments. The Founding Fathers intentionally limited the power of the federal government - and the presidency - in order to permit states to run themselves as they saw fit. The following article talks about how we have let things get out of control by failing to properly limit the power we grant to the federal government, and to the presidency in particular.
"...It isn’t that the three men who have held the office since 2001 are monsters. Anyone who paid attention when Bush, Obama, or even Trump was caught in a quiet moment “off the record” would have to admit that they seem like reasonably likable people. That’s the rub. Government makes nice people do terrible things, things even they themselves would have considered barbarous before taking office.
Unfortunately, most Americans do not bat an eye at the worst offenses committed by the presidency, namely the killing of millions in undeclared wars of choice with nations who have never attacked the United States. But Americans on both the right and the left are increasingly feeling the effects of ceding power over domestic affairs to Washington and the executive branch in particular. The stakes of presidential elections are much higher now that Washington doesn’t just regulate interstate commerce, but regulates the minute details of how businesses are run, how crops are grown, what local public schools teach and even what signs they put on their restrooms."