The authority of constitutions over governments, and of the sovereignty of the people over constitutions, are truths which are at all times necessary to be kept in mind. (James Madison)
The people of the whole United States are the sovereigns of the whole United States.
Walt
If that were true, the whole people of the US would have ratified the Constitution as a whole, which they did not.
But I forget. You probably subscribe to that nonsense Lincoln put forth about the Union existing first, before the states. My deepest sympathies.