We have a federal constitution, yet not a federal government. Consent of the governed is the foundation of republics. With the 17th, the government was free to act on the states without the consent of the states. Today, we endure the outcome of this internal contradiction.
Right now we have a feral government...
Marbury v. Madison 1803, vol 5, pg 137
It is also not entirely unworthy of observation that, in declaring what shall be the supreme law of the land, the Constitution itself is first mentioned, and not the laws of the United States generally, but those only which shall be made in pursuance of the Constitution, have that rank.
Thus, the particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written Constitutions, that
a law repugnant to the Constitution is void,
and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument.
What is the essence of the above, you may ask....
All these BS edicts that they come up with are void
When the people consider that Congress has no authority to pass laws that control us a change may occur, until that time we will continue to be subject to their treason.