Please remember that all the Colonial States were told to Pass their State Constitution BEFORE the Federal Constitution was approved.
“Please remember that all the Colonial States were told to Pass their State Constitution BEFORE the Federal Constitution was approved.”
Told? No, they chose to do that. Each state had to come up with its own framework for government- no central government told them to. They did it of their own accord.
“The Bill of Rights LIMITS the role of THE FEDERAL Government BUT GAVE STATES the RIGHT to deal with other matters. “
Certainly, it was. However, you have a right to bear arms, regardless of what state you live in. It is a natural right of mankind, rather like freedom of speech. No government has the right to abridge either to the point of uselessness, be it state, federal, or foreign.
>The Bill of Rights LIMITS the role of THE FEDERAL Government BUT GAVE STATES the RIGHT to deal with other matters.
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>Please remember that all the Colonial States were told to Pass their State Constitution BEFORE the Federal Constitution was approved.
Then you are wrong; if the States had Constitutions BEFORE the federal Constitution was written then the States had, prior to the Constitution, ALL powers inherent to a nation. Indeed, the federal Constitution delegates certain (and very limited powers) to the federal institution and does not GIVE the States any rights at all. (e.g. coining monies; treaties, agreements, and negotiations; declarations of war.)