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==== This is the key point, stated plainly. ====

You are arguing that:

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That is a natural-law supremacy theory, not a textual allocation theory.

It was absolutely argued by some Anti-Federalists.
It was not adopted as binding constitutional structure in 1789.

Instead, the Constitution adopts this model:
* Rights exist independently (natural law)
* Governments are bound within their jurisdiction
* Jurisdiction must be affirmatively granted
* State violations are addressed by: - state constitutions - state courts - state political accountability - later, by constitutional amendment

The Fourteenth Amendment is decisive evidence of this:
* If the federal government already had that duty, Section 1 was unnecessary
* If it already had enforcement power, Section 5 was meaningless

The Amendment exists precisely because your theory was not the operative rule.