[Rockingham]

The states delegated powers to the federal government, with the residual powers reserved to the states.

Of course, the powers delegated to the federal government were interpreted so expansively as overwhelm the balance originally intended between state and federal power. This is not simply a matter of judicial decisions but also of events and the desires of the American people.

[antiRepublicrat]

This is not simply a matter of judicial decisions but also of events and the desires of the American people.

If the American people wished to change the distribution of powers, they had a mechanism to do that in constitutional amendment. Any other mechanism is by definition illegal.