Lincoln did it to MD in 1861. Suspended habeus corpus, sent in the Army - rounded up the entire legislature, Governor etc. as they were getting ready to vote on sessecion. Held them as POWs while they appointed a military dictator and imposed martial law.
The federal government plays for keeps, and I’m sure they are more than willing and capable of demonstrating that fact to Kansas or any other state that gets too uppitty.
I don’t really think that any of the States have the resources or spleen to start a civil war over it by trying to resist a federal take-over of their State.
If any of them want to try it, it would get interesting - but I think that the feds would crush them like a bug in short order.
If you don’t think that Barry and friends wouldn’t bomb a State Capitol flat to the ground like Dresden just to make a point, then I don’t think you are taking this regime quite seriously enough. They mean business.
Soetoro can make Bashir Assad look like a compassionate humanitarian if he ever goes tactical on us.
Keep pushing the “State’s rights” issue and he very well might.
I have no doubt every word you say is true, the feds are capable of murder on a mass scale. The states would have to be non-violent and through law or other tactics force the feds to become violent in their response. Then it’s up to the states to exploit the psychological and physical damage to the greatest extent possible.
Were they to level a state capital and have the 101st airborne shown kicking in doors and going house to house the optics would be horrifying for Party Chairman in the white house. With the internet they could not hide their crimes forcing them to pull the plug on the net making more enemies in the process.
Without state and local support the feds could only impose their total will in certain areas as long as they are in those areas and while in those areas using NKVD tactics they are not going to be making any friends only more enemies.