In the beginning the Articles of Confederation were the law of the land. But the government could not fund itself so the Constitution was drafted a number of years later. Also Mexico, France, and Britain all had stake and control of one part of the United States at some point.
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Special Interest, which makes up 37,387 of the 89,476 of Local U.S. Governments.
The US Constitution.
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There is no amendment in the US Constitution regarding State governments being no longer necessary. What the US Constitution does say is that whatever the US Constitutions laws do not cover, belong to the individual States to determine.
A blend of the old greek and roman governments.