At the beginning our nation was formed as 13 independent states with a limited sovereignty from the federal government outlined and guided by the words of our Constitution of which each state ratified. This limited state sovereignty is also guided by the limitations placed on the federal government by the words of the same Constitution that limits the type and thus amount of sovereignty the States were willing to give away in forming our federal government to form the United States.
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