[Androsynth]

> Yeah, it's an example of government as envisioned by the founders working as intended - when someone at the state level overreaches, a federal court strikes it down

Jeffersonian democrats certainly were against that idea, as evidenced by nullification, which was in issue up until the civil war.

Maybe the federalists, but it sounds extreme even for them.

It sounds like something that the northern politicians had in mind in the late 19th century or maybe early 20th century.

i know its OT, but could you expand on that idea?

[encoderer]

Washington and Hamilton -- the Federalists you mentioned -- desperately wanted a strong federal gov't with supremacy over state laws. Washington wanted the powers of the federal gov't enumerated in the constitution (and many of them), and his desire was for a unicameral legislature with direct popular representation.

That our constitution ended up vague on these issues-- and the existence of the Senate with its state-appointed representitives-- is owed to negotiation and comprimise. Of course, Washington presided over the congress on these issues, he was not himself a delegate, so you don't have a lot of direct quotes on these topics but what we know has been pieced together over the years from his (limited) correspondence and 2nd party accounts.