[phi11yguy19]

yes, by their participation in the voluntary union, all rights delegated to to the central government are delegated by all states. likewise, all rights reserved by any state are reserved by all states as they are not delegated to the central government.

Re: Wisconsin, as a territory, they voted to apply for statehood, drafted their own sovereign state constitution, then were accepted as a state. in 1846 their constitution failed to ratify, then rev 2 was ratified in 1848 and only then were they accepted to the union.

iow, they required their own state constitution to be ratified before being admitted to the union by the other states. "the country that created them"...didn't create jack, thus the difficulty you have with your mythical question all those "sovereignists" fail to answer to your satisfaction.

tough concept, i know, but you'll get it one day.

(if you're at a loss, feel free to go with tublecane's next response..."so what?" seems to work well for him.)

[driftless2]

Yeah, I guess the U.S. didn’t really own the territories that eventually became the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, and the others.