[Non-Sequitur]

So you conceive of the Federal Government as being above, as in over, as in the boss and owner of, the American People?

No, just the states.

[4CJ]

No, just the states.

How can the federal government be sovereign over the states, as the states created the federal government? The several states DELEGATED some ENUMERATED powers to Constitution, which then delegated them to the "united" states. They did not delegate the power to prevent secession, or the power to wage war on a state.