The Constitution belongs to the states, and through them to us, the people.
Again, with all due respect...We the People ARE the States.
Yes, but you miss the point. In the legal framework established by the U.S. Constitution, the people act on the federal level through the states. Since 1860, much has happened to cloud and diminish states rights, but a genuinely real conservative never loses sight of the fact that the federal government is supposed to serve the states, not the other way around. And to serve the people through the states.