The issue of sovereignty dictates whether the Federal Government shall be bound by the Constitution. In this book, the author explores the significance and philosophies behind the States Rights School and the Consolidating School that have dominated American politics since the birth of the Republic. McFerran presents close reading of specific clauses of the United States Constitution and works to debunk some of the major misconceptions regarding the true American theory of government....

From the Christian and antisocialist foundations of American civilization to the American Revolution, the drafting of the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitutional Convention of 1787, this detailed history of the origin of the United States of America examines the differences between a federal system of government and a national system of government. With conviction, the author demonstrates that the American Constitution establishes a federal republic that rests upon the pillars of sovereign states....