V. A 2011 Smmary of the U.S. Democracy

To build the U.S. democracy, the founders issued the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and became Locke's Society.  At the same time, the Second Continental Congress became Locke's Government and functioned as the federal government until 1788, when the Constitution became Locke's Government.(click)

In 1788, the Preamble of the Constitution said, 'We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish ....' After the presidency of John Q. Adams ended in 1829, the words 'to form a more perfect Union' were no longer heard.  Instead, the concept  'State Rights' were heard from mouths of President Andrew Jackson, Vice President John Calhoun, the plantation owners of the South, and the textile producers of England. Obviously, the U.S. Civil War, U.S. slavery, U.S. successions, and Lincoln's assassination were just around the corner.

In the USA today, the call for State Rights is promoted by the conservatives, the Republican party, and the rich class. To them, 'all unions must die.'  Next year, President Obama and the Republican presidential candidate might have a hot debate on State Rights 

In a democracy, the people must love all unions because all rights are given to humans by God. In a nation, the state and local governments have no rights.  If state and local governments have rights, the were received only from the people through the federal government.