Wrong on all counts.
First, Article VI is defined by the “pursuance thereof” phrase. ONLY the laws “in pursuance thereof” are the Supreme Law of the land. Might want to check your facts friend. Also, the Supreme Court is NOT the final arbiter, again, you might want to check the 9th and 10th Amendment. Marshall claiming judicial review does not make it sacrosanct. Geeez!
Second, We the People in the aggregate did NOT ratify the Constitution...might want to check that out as well. Maybe you should start with tiny Rhode Island and look at how they ratified the Constitution. You’ll see it wasn’t in the aggregate. Answer this, who created the federal government, the People of the States? Hmmm...why would I ask that now?
Keep bowing at the alter of DC. As for me, I’ll be working with the States to force the “men of mischief” back into the “chains of the Constitution.” If that fails, then the unalienable right to free association is next...hint, that means secession. I’ll let you keep focus on DC. Good luck.
I guess if you are good, you may be permitted internet access from your asylum or prison, perhaps with supervision.
Freep me to tell me how it is going.
and who decides what is ‘in pursuance thereof’?
If there is a controversy between the states, or between the federal government and a state, it is brought to the supreme court to resolve, as its original jurisdiction. That means SCOTUS decides on the facts and law of the case.
Or, if the state has no case, as SC had no case in 1860, they could just start shooting. Poor South Carolina, too small to be a nation, too large to be an asylum.
But we did ratify the constitution, using the bodies that existed at that time. Some states did it with the aid of advisory referenda, some by legislative act. Whatever the means, they ratified it for their state, and those who voted against it were brought along despite their vote against it. Such is the nature of representative democracy.
Presidents are routinely elected with less than 50% of the voters showing up and voting for them, and the electors selected occasionally go their own way, despite all the rules to the contrary.
Government is a messy thing.
bttt