The federal government is the sovereign nation of the United States. We don't answer to a higher bureaucracy than that and we have direct influence over leadership in the Federal government.
The states themselves also retain substantial powers. They can block a Constitutional amendment or call a Constitutional convention, they can appeal to courts with 250 years of common law precedent backing them up, etc. There is much more clarity in the American system.
The states themselves also retain substantial powers. They can block a Constitutional amendment or call a Constitutional convention, they can appeal to courts with 250 years of common law precedent backing them up, etc. There is much more clarity in the American system.
The EU doesn't work the same way.