What you say!? You mean they actually delineate that in our Constitution
It damned sure does!
Article IV.Section 4 The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
Exactly! The Fed Gov't does not govern the citizens of the US, it governs the States of the US. This is why we have an Electoral College. Are the NY Times really this dumb or are they acting?!?