The laws made PURSUANT to the Constitution are the supreme law of the land - you always leave out the "pursuant" part.
Please cite the clause in the Constitution that prevents a state from seceding (there is none).
Please cite the clause in the Constitution that states that the union is permanent (perpetualness was abandoned).
Please cite the clause in the Constitution that grants the federal government the power to invade a state (debated & refused twice in the debates).
Please cite the clause in the Constitution that consolidates the entire nation into one mass of people (proposed & not even seconded in the debates).
The laws made PURSUANT to the Constitution are the supreme law of the land - you always leave out the "pursuant" part.
The SCOTUS refers directly to the Militia Act in the Prize Cases ruling.
It was clearly a law made pursuant to the Constitution.
Walt
No, the perpetual Union was made more perfect.
All this neo-reb craps falls before the fact that the great mass of Americans in the 1860's supported and saved the government from the traitors.
You are pushing an interpretation not put supported at the time. As proof of this we see that the rebel armies mostly disintegrated and went home.
Walt