[lentulusgracchus]

They can do anything they please, including wadding up the Constitution and disposing of it, then passing a bill of attainder against you, and making you go away for being .....annoying.

</sarcasm>

You will now regale us with your "People in Chains" theory of government, yes? Please, go ahead.

[4CJ]

'Resolved, That the sovereignty and independence of the states, as guaranteed by the constitution of the United States, ought to be most zealously guarded, and every attempt to depreciate the value of those rights, and to consolidate these states into one general government, is hostile to the liberty and happiness of the people, and merits our most decided disapprobation.'

Resolutions of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania - 1810

[4CJ]

'It has already been observed, that the constitution of the United States guarantees to each state a republican form of government; that the powers not delegated to the United States, are reserved to the states respectively without entering into a detail of the rights reserved or not delegated, suffice it to say, that "the right of acquiring, possessing and protecting property is one.'

Pennsylvania again, 3 Feb 1810.