The crap states rights came after the civil war was lost. The Lost Cause and its supporters were democrats and founders of the KKK
“The crap states rights came after the civil war was lost.”
See amendment IX.
See amendment X.
Ever heard of the Tenth Amendment?
“The powers not granted to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
It’s part of the Bill of Rights. Long before the War Between the States.