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Thanks for the reply - that was my first Wikipedia edit, ever. I realized there is no credibility in a random IP address, so I created an account.

I agree wholeheartedly with your comment “just ask them” (see the link below). And I agree that the federal government actually does operate at a level above the states - but only because they can. Not because they are supposed to.

Changing a single word was a poor edit on my part, but my comments were sincere. My comments are also true, with respect to the way things are SUPPOSED to work. The states and federal government are to work cooperatively, with the Constitution serving as the guide/rule book/supreme law - as written by the framers.

I have the utmost respect and admiration for the exhaustive work you did on the page. It’s very comprehensive and well-informed. I just feel it needs a little clarification so readers understand the correct hierarchy as intended by the framers. I believe the order of creation matters (state governments first, then the constitution, then the federal government), and I believe the words “few and defined” by James Madison in Federalist #45 matter:

“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined… (and) will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected.”

Otherwise, we end up with exactly what you said - a federal government that wrongly believes it is supreme. Here’s a great example of that from our very own federal government - third paragraph, first sentence:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/state-local-government/

Clearly, state governments are not modeled after the federal government when the federal government was created last.