Even if it were true it doesn't differ in meaning at all from what I said. I put the caveat it was a very simplistic explication - there is shared sovereignty w

Even if it were true it doesn't differ in meaning at all from what I said. I put the caveat it was a very simplistic explication - there is shared sovereignty which is defined in the US Constitution, that's the important part. If we want to be annoying pedantic the US fought against Great Britain for independence, the UK didn't even exist then.