Then you are stating that Congress can write general law for the States of the Union just the same as they do for their wards, the US territories under exclusive federal jurisdiction, that cannot stand on their own, and that Congress has has full authority to ignore the limitations in 1:8:17 of the Constitution.
Then you are stating that Congress can write general law for the States of the Union just the same as they do for their wards, the US territories under exclusive federal jurisdiction, that cannot stand on their own, and that Congress has has full authority to ignore the limitations in 1:8:17 of the Constitution.