Up till 1860. After that, not so much. It appears you missed my point that the Northern states were deliberately defying/ignoring the Constitution, which is quite a lot of the argument of the South Carolina secession document.
The Civil was the south WAS following the rules.
States Rights were the real issue. Slavery was just the vehicle.
States had the right to withdraw from “the union” if they wanted to- until the north forced them to stay.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not advocating for slavery, but for states rights.