I'm not a Constitutionalist, read my about page.
The Constitution died in the 1860s. The state slipped it's bonds again, not terribly suprising since history proves that is its nature.
Personally I would throw out the whole system as a real bad idea. A publically owned state is no more practical than a publically owned anything else.
"The political economy of monarchy and democracy, and the idea of a natural order"
http://www.mises.org/journals/jls/11_2/11_2_3.pdf
"The Constitution died in the 1860s."
Great. Another person on here who thinks that Lincoln had no business keeping the country together. That ends our conversation. Good day Sir.