>>The Constitution is a supreme national government that lays claim to all its subjects, and acts not just on the states, but on the people directly.<<
Whoa! You may be a subject of the Constitution and its government, but I sure as sh*t ain’t. The Constitution gets its power from the people; not the other way around.
I was born free and I will die free. If it be to protect us from foreign enemes, so be it. And if it be to protect us from domestic enemes, again so be it.
Yeah right. You voted for it? It GOT it's power from delegates to state conventions a long time ago. But that power was ill-defined. The language was broad and vague, and left the Supreme Court to sort out. So, the extent and power of the national government, not to mention the extent and meaning of the Bill of Rights, is decided by the Supreme Court. You voted for them?
Consent of the governed is a fairy tale. Try not consenting and see where it gets you. We're governed by the national government under the Constitution because it was in force when we were born, and there's nothing we can do about it. Flatter yourself with talk of freedom all you want, but we're as free as THEY allow us to be.