All of the state constitutions that I have read very closely to the US Constitution.
The US is not a nation but a Consolidation of nations that created the US Federal government as their agent to conduct foreign relations, provide for their common defense and regulate trade between the states and foreign nations.
One of the reasons that the Federal Government has grown so large and has trod on our rights so much is that the American people have forgotten that fact.
At least 90% of the Federal Government is doing things it has no Constitutional power to do.
More than 90%
Totally agree.
I feel kinda cynical to say that we can only blame ourselves, as citizens.
"A republic, if you can keep it."