Constitution Alive, Section Four, Part 3 - The Founders' Intentions For Congress: Does Congress have the constitutional power to increase the national debt? What was the Commerce Clause intended to do? Why did the Founders have a distrust of a powerful government? Do the branches of government have tools to fight each other? When we learn the original intent of the Founders, we can better see how to fix what's broken in our government. Click the link to learn the answers to these important questions and more as we continue our Constitution Alive series!