In all of the founding documents, the 13 states are referred to in the plural. In the concluding paragraph of “The unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen united States of America,” which is always referred to as merely “The Declaration of Independence,” it says that the 13 colonies or states “are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States.” After the Revolutionary War, King George III of England signed a peace treaty with the United States, which was defined as the individual 13...

What if the whole purpose of the Constitution was to establish and to limit the federal government? What if Congress's 16 enumerated powers in the Constitution no longer limit Congress but are actually used as a justification to extend Congress's authority over nearly every aspect of human life? What if Congress bribes the states with cash, the rich with bailouts, the middle class with tax cuts and the poor with wealth transfers? What if the president, meant to be an equal to Congress, has...