[metesky]

[Completely wrong. The constitution was written and ratified to vastly INCREASE federal power over the states. It explicitly REDUCES state power in almost every important area thereby removing all real sovereignty. It was written to LIMIT the states' powers.]

You're partially correct, what I did was not say it right.

After the hodge-podge of post-Revolutionary life under the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Unity, it was realized that a strong central government was needed because the Federals had no power to tax, raise armies and myriad other things (such as toll gates at state lines). States, being sovereign, could refuse to send miltary units to fight for something they had no interest in, they could refuse to fund the fedgov, etc. This situation led to chaos and the Founders did something about it.

Just because you don't like it, you old contrarian, doesn't mean they did the wrong thing.

As for the BOR, I know it only applied to the Feds, never said different.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Just because you don't like it, you old contrarian, doesn't mean they did the wrong thing. [Huh? I am a High Federalist with Washington, Hamilton and the pre 1790 Madison as my heroes. The Constitution is the greatest political document ever created by man.]