[Dead Corpse]

The Founders were creating a federated republic -- they wanted each state to be free to set up their own constitution and their own Bills of Rights.

For those things not delegated to the FedGov. Things like the BoR that put them off limits from both. Consider the BoR in the FedCon as a "starter" set of Rights. The States are free to add things to it their own Constitutions, but they cannot "over-ride" this minimal set of protections.

[robertpaulsen]

"but they cannot "over-ride" this minimal set of protections."

They did just that for 150 years. Some amendments still don't apply to the states.