The Democrats down south did nullification of racial integration laws 50 or 60 years ago to help them win the next election.
They meant nothing when federal court rulings and civil rights laws prevailed.
This is GOP-E feel good stuff so they can win re-election.
I suppose a terminally cynical and morose person could see it that way. (Is there a problem with wanting to win elections?)
When the federal government spurns its duty to secure our rights, the states are fully justified to step into the breech.
They meant nothing when federal court rulings and civil rights laws prevailed.
I believe this is a specious comparison.
The segregationists of that era certainly did not have moral authority on their side. But I believe that moral authority does, indeed, rest with the resistors to an overweening federal government nowadays.
And I would hope that the states would unite in their total opposition to all federal-court rulings (including those of the SCOTUS), and declare their own (respective) state Supreme Courts to be the ultimate authority on all matters.