I know you won't like this answer. Don't like it myself. The North won the war. So what? Well, when they did, the 14th amendment came into being. Before, each state awarded citizenship to members of that state and by virtue of that those members were citizens of the nation.
The 14th amendment made citizenship only at the national level, with residence only at the state level. All rights, privileges and protections flow from citizenship. The mere fact that citizenship is defined at the national level reduce the sovereignty of the states to virtually nothing.
Let me repeat: that one action of taking away state citizenship changed the entire face of America, obsoleted sections of the state and federal constitutions, which, incidently, were not removed from the text thereof, the ommission of which was act of fraud and deceit.
It's been that way since the war, but little was done about it so as to not alarm the population until it was settled into custom and national thought.
The muscle is being flexed now and the only obstacle left is the American people's belief otherwise. But the courts knew, and knows.
Looking at the problem strictly objectively and unemotionally, probably the only way that can be reversed is another war. If you try to use the courts, "judicial notice" will eat your lunch every time.
I suspect that every politician in all offices at state and federal level understands this, but wouldn't dare breathe a word of it. When you make politics a profession it soon becomes filled with craven cowards addicted to the most corrosive substances to the human soul: power and money.
My opinion. 