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The independence of who? Regardless of who though, yes, it is and will always be more important than one country's basis for law.
The United States having as complex a government as it has, the people have the power through their representatives but no one holds more power than the Constitution.
ratification
There is only one constitution for the US. That fact that you do not know this disturbs me.
I only know 3 differences if that will help. One difference is the dates. The Massachusetts Constitution was written in 1780. The U.S. Constitution was written in 1789. Also, in the Massachussetts Constitution, there are more key points than in the U.S. Constitution. And lastly, the Massachussetts Constitution was written specifically for the people of the United States and the U.S. Constitution was written for the people of the U.S.
No state allows a man to have more than one wife.
union!
The Articles of the Constitution failed for more than one reason. One of the reasons the constitution failed was because of failing to provide political and judicial mechanisms for the protection of rights and failure to abide by the articles rules.
" The fourth and current Missouri State Constitution is more than eight times longer than our U.S. Constitution and has been amended hundreds of times" <http://www.sos.mo.gov/pubs/missouri_constitution.pdf>
Yes and Yes. The US Constitution applies to all the states. Each state has its own constitution that applies to that state. The state cannot contradict anything in the US Constitution, but they can add things that they feel are missing, or have more stringent requirements for certain things. And the state's constitution sets up and defines the government that will rule the state.
The United States Constitution, in Article 4, obligates states to provide privileges and immunities to one another's citizens. The U.S. Constitution was created on September 17, 1787.