Quote Originally Posted by Atlanteax View Post
Actually you just laid out the Founding Fathers clearly anticipating the bulk of government functioning at the State level ... vs a Federal body mandating to all of them what to do...
It absolutely looks to me like that was their original intent. Then they saw it in action (and/or sobered up) and scrapped that balance of power entirely. I also think it's extremely telling that the man who fomented the nullification crisis had absolutely nothing to do with the writing of the Constitution, and was in general kind of an asshole.