It was a sort of "what would you do if you were President, Congress, and the Court system all in one." question - which you more or less answered with the main body of your post.
Hmm. Oddly enough, I seems that I think of myself as a US citizen first and a Pennsylvania citizen second. I assume that is the reverse of what you would prefer.
I don't know the constitution well enough to determine if other issues would result from such a change, but the idea seems sound, I dislike the federal gov > state gov, being used so often on too many issues.
Hmm, again, my limited constitutional knowledge bites me in the ass... But I can't see much wrong with that, it seems to fit with one of my basic views, namely that, the Federal gov (and in most cases, the state govs) is too large and invasive.
The first part seems somewhat reasonable, but the second might be an issue, depending on other factors, can you imagine how many treason accusations would be flying around D. C., at least with the current political/social climate? I doubt anything would ever get done, wait, maybe this is a good idea after all. :mrgreen:
Seems good in theory, but I don't know enough to determine what other repercussions would result, if any.
I don't know if that would violate the 1st or not, didn't someone argue that political parties and all those others fall under it's free speech protections?
Hmm...
I don't entirely agree with your apparent underlying theme of, states need to be FAR more independent. I like the idea of most people thinking of themselves first as US citizens and second as *insert state here* citizens. I think that is a positive. I'm not sure you agree
Seems reasonable, given that I think you would have far fewer Fed workers in each state anyway. When in Rome...