I admit that I’m not at all familiar with any history outlining a downward-federated set of protections against top-level tyranny.
To the contrary, this escapade seems to be on borrowed time (and borrowed taxpayer money).
Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.
If it were true that the local and state powers solely existed to protect ourselves from federal mandates, well, that would seem like an invitation to re-litiage the secession.
However, I’m sufficiently cynical to see this as an electioneeering stunt to get sufficient state-level-representatives into office so as to mount a land-grap for profiteering interests.
