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fortheDeclaration wrote:

>>This was Calhoun's notion that the State was itself a sovereign entity and had 'rights'to protect when it was, in fact, a part of the Federal system whose function was to protect individual rights.<<


Exactly, this is why States have their own Constitutions.
They determine how the States will protect the individual rights of State citizens from the overbearing federal government.
B4R

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Good points that need repeating.

[fortheDeclaration]

Exactly, this is why States have their own Constitutions. They determine how the States will protect the individual rights of State citizens from the overbearing federal government.

And the state constitutions must be consistent with the Federal one.