“If States shut down their power centers like banks, communications (yes, States can target federal comm lines including military), federal offices, then they have nothing left.”
Again, not without CRIPPLING their own people. That is not a concern in DC, and that is why they hold all the cards.
And how many states would ever do it? Maybe 5, or 10, at most?
There are things Texas can do, starting with shutting down the gas pipeline to the Northeast. But then what? That’s the problem, the feds can then bring Texas to its knees before they had any clue as to what hit them.
“Again, not without CRIPPLING their own people.”
As opposed to the feds crippling the people??
We have 26 or so conservative States. That’s enough to get the job done.
DC without power and light would be a funny place, so saying the feds can screw with Texas is silly. The States can open the pipelines and who will the feds send in to stop it?