Even that's not quite right. There are direct powers reserved to the federal legislature, yes, but something that people – especially libertarians and neo-confederates – usually miss is that the format for presidential power is different. He, rather than just express powers, has as much or more in the way of listed responsibilities, the powers to meet which must be inferred. Example: "Take care that the laws be faithfully executed." What does that mean? Well, among other things, it means that while congress and only congress can declare war, he is still required to wage war on his own ticket to defend the territory of the United States if invaded or fallen under a rebellion or he cannot take care about the faithful execution of the laws in those areas.

The Constitution was created to reserve specific POWERS to the Federal government for the purpose of securing the rights of the people; and reserved all remaining powers to the States and citizens.

Fair point. I stand corrected – you are right, the Constitution is very clear that certain powers are reserved to the Federal government and the rest belong to the individual States and the people.

"The Constitution was created to guarantee specific rights to the Federal government, and reserve all of the rest to the States and the citizens"

Not exactly, though I understand the spirit in which the quote is offered.

The Constitution was created to reserve specific POWERS to the Federal government for the purpose of securing the rights of the people; and reserved all remaining powers to the States and citizens.

The Constitution was intended to outline specifically what the Federal government can and should do (and what it was specifically prohibited from doing), solely and only to enable and empower the people to live, worship and work in liberty, and to govern themselves. It has failed, because we have failed to govern ourselves and because we have discovered we can vote ourselves goodies from the public treasury. Well, everyone except white working men can get public goodies.

Happy Good Friday to you and yours, Didact.