I get it...That was a Great job of Gooling for an opinion that matched yours.Right....Instead of Googling and copy-n-pasting something you probably don't even comprehend, how 'bout coming up with something out of your own head, for a change?
If you need the cliff notes, just ask. That clause was inserted because the Founders (drawing from Montesquieu) held that a functional federal form of government required political homogeneity. Every state doing its own thing in this respect wouldn't fly, which is why the feds can disallow alternate forms of political organization by states.
Get it?
Yet, the words of Madison are now supposed to carry weight and veracity when they reflect your central authoritarian politics, but are irrelevant when you have a SCOTUS ruling to cower behind?
Interesting.