The first step in reasserting state sovereignty is to refuse any federal funding. The Golden Rule in politics is “He who has the gold, rules.” The federal government should keep its hands off state revenues and its nose out of state affairs not enumerated in the US Constitution, as per the Tenth Amendment. Our Founders were not fools. They feared a strong central government, and they were right.
The problem my friend, is that the Federal Government (through the Federal Reserve) has Controll over the money (whether they collect any taxes or not). Monetary policy is at the root of our problem: We should ALSO encourage states to pass “honest money” acts creating parallel honest money “currencies” issued from the states, backed by Gold/Silver/etc). Then THE FEDS can “SHOVE THEIR MONEY (Worthless Federal Reserve Notes)”.