they are the, the states are the master of the federal government by the nature of its creation. and our framers, hamilton, madison, jefferson, mason, all of these, in our debates understood that it was the role and the duty of the state to control its creation by saying we want to remind you, you have been delegated this power and this power alone. what you're trying to do is not a delegated power. therefore its usurped from the states and the people. and since you are stealing this power from the states and the people, it is unlawful exercise of power, which makes it null and void. hamilton says this in federal it 78. jefferson this quite a bit. madison says even the power of the judiciary can not be above that of the states because it is the states that created the judiciary. in that, the proper response by those who designed the constitutional republic, who designed the check and balance, the proper response to control the federal government is the states as individuals to say, this is unlawful exercise of power being stolen from us, the states. therefore it is null and void to us and we will not comply. and, james madison call