Maybe I’ll catch you real quickly before you run (if not, then after you get back...).
Lilncoln changed “states rights” dramatically and forever altered that formula... I think that affects everything you see prior to that time or references to what the founders did and thought prior to that time.
Yep, you just did catch me. I knew someone would bring up the Civil War and its "settlement" of the issue. Consider the Civil War as only a battle in an ongoing war and it might change your outlook?
Thanks. Now I really gotta run!