re: Slavery was not the only issue the South was fighting for

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"States' rights" stop at owning other people.

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I think it also matters "what do you consider a state's right"

A state's right to collect taxes.

A states's right to openly discriminate against any group for any reason.

A state's right to make political truces or trade agreements with other countries that may have ill-will towards the US as a whole.

All I am trying to say is that if a state has so much power as to defy central government , why have a central government in the first place. What do certain states "specifically" want to override the federal government for.

Sometimes, state's rights comes off as dog-whistle politics. That may not be the intent, but it is tough to discern with no substance.