The opinion below would most likely be voiced by which of the following modern Supreme Court justices? “If the Constitution does not explicitly give a right to the federal government, than the federal government does not have that right.”

The statement reflects a strict view that the federal government has only the powers delegated to it by the Constitution. Among the modern Supreme Court justices listed, Clarence Thomas is most associated with this limited-government, originalist approach. Thomas Jefferson was not a Supreme Court justice, and the other two justices are less closely associated with this view.

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