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I am going to jump in here for a second to make a point and then I am going to back out of it.

If you and I have a contract, and you break that contract, does that mean that I still must abide by the contract anyway, even though you are the one that broke the agreement in the first place? NO, if you break the contract, then I have a right to back out of that contract as well.

Same, same, if the federal government( the contractor) goes beyond its constitutional powers, (the contract between the states and the federal government) then the state or states(the contractee)have the same legal right to back out of that contract as well.

If the federal government goes beyond the limits as set forth in the constitution, then the states have a right, if not the respoinsibility to sue for damages, if this does not work, then the state has the right to back out of the contract. or as some would say, secede from the union.

There, I'm done, you guys go play with that for a while.

If you and I have a contract, and you break that contract, does that mean that I still must abide by the contract anyway, even though you are the one that broke the agreement in the first place? NO, if you break the contract, then I have a right to back out of that contract as well.

Good questions. Now tell me where did Abraham Lincoln break that contract? What did he do? He made no demands on the south. The south acted unilaterly and did it months before Lincoln even took office. They broke the contract. The Federal Government nor Lincoln did nothing to break any contract. The southern hot heads and Slavocracy saw a chance to get their way and took it. Things weren't going their way, so the little boys took their ball and went home crying to their Mommy about 'states rights' when the issues had nothing to do with their rights as states. It was all about the expansion of slavery for the benefit of a few at the expense of millions!

If one party decides to not meet their contract obligations, does the other party have no recourse? Is that all it takes to break a contract? If you and I have a contract and if you decide to not pay me, (or fire on me) is the contract still valid? Do I have no recourse? Should I just do a Clinton, do a focus group, and then say that's ok.... we're multi-cultural?

Or should I enforce the contract? Let's hear your spin.

Same, same, if the federal government( the contractor) goes beyond its constitutional powers, (the contract between the states and the federal government) then the state or states(the contractee)have the same legal right to back out of that contract as well.

What had the federal governmenmt done? Nothing. It was that the states that passed personal freedom laws the slave holders found so abhorent. They feared what the federal government --might-- do in the future. Their attempt to protect slavery in all future time is what brought the war.

Walt