[notmypenguin]

That’s not what the third continental congress that cobbled together our constitution said or thought.

Your small confederacy was what the Articles of Confederation had wrought and it lasted all of a decade. States rapidly enacted laws against their fellow states, it was a mess. We had religious laws, not a good scene.

Basically you should read A) the US Constitution B) historical accounts of the third continental congress

[mindslight]

There is a huge difference between the federal government stepping in to regulate/mediate between states that cannot agree amongst themselves, and the federal government asserting authority to regulate activities within a single state or within multiple states that can agree amongst themselves.