A far better argument is the States can ignore the Supreme Court if they desire. There is a total lack of jurisdiction involved and States have the right to determine their own obligations under the compact that forms the United States. If James Madison Jr. was alive today and a governor oc VA he would tell the Court to go to hell (in so many words.)
Yes, he may indeed tell them that. However, he might also be surprised when a weak-kneed congress that seems to behold the SC in a higher frame than it ought to freezes VA's federal highway funds, school dollars, etc., in order to get the state to do what the federales wants.
We've gone too far down the road to ruin for this Republic to organize an effort to save itself. What happens to all Republics is happening to us.
It is History, and we are doomed to repeat it, because we failed to teach and instill it in our children.
Sacred honor is a phrase unknown to most in this country.