I wonder how many even on FR understand that you have perfectly stated the problem and answer?
“I wonder how many even on FR understand that you have perfectly stated the problem and answer?”
Not the problem at all. You are not thinking big enough.
The real problem is that there are federal entities who have taken over the power reserved to the States.
The states are individually autonomous save discrete functions that, for various reasons, they have agreed to allow a central or federal entity to perform, like defense.
Caps are important here: THE FEDERAL GOVT HAS NO POWER UNLESS GIVEN TO IT BY THE STATES.
38 STATES acting together, not the federal govt, control all power in this country. With 38 states, they can fire POTUS, dismiss Congress, even do away with Supreme Court.