America has been a federal government-driven "Top-Down" society for 156 years- (A Harsha Sankar Letter)

 

The U.S Constitution is hardly followed. While it true I advocated for certain minor revisions, that is only because the governance now is different than it was back when it was written. Since the birth of the nation till the U.S. Civil War, America had "State-driven governance." The individual States were the controlling authority in providing the governance so long as they obeyed the core aspects of the U.S. Constitution, mainly the Bill Of Rights. The signers of the U.S. Constitution wrote that document with the intent of having that type of governance.

Since America's model of governance fundamentally changed after the Civil War, the changes I advocated only reflect that. The alterations I suggested reflect the fact that the federal government has been since 1865 and is currently the sovereign government authority.

Correctly or not, America has been a federal government-driven. "Top-Down" society for 156 years. Whether it is an improvement over the original governance is an individual's interpretation. It is neither more or less moral or principled. Rather, it is just another form on the Republic that the People seem to accept. 

Cliffnotes Version: Before the highly "bloody" American Civil War, America was similar to what the European Union is now.

Each state was a member-state in American nation. Each state has sovereignty over domestic matters as the federal government only concerned itself over international matters, such as tariffs. 

That changed after the War Between the States. The federal government then became the sovereign government authority. They then had the authority to pass legislation on domestic matters. Their laws were allowed to supersede state laws. 

America became a different Republic. The US Constitution should be changed to reflect that America's governance would be federally-centered.