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There have been very few geniune conflicts about states rights. Most so-called states rights conflicts are really conflicts over one issue or another. When a faction is out of power on a national level it uses 'states rights' as a cover to fight against the other factions attempts to implement its agenda. The pro-slavery faction didn't have a problem with federal authority when they were in power, that only changed when they were out of power. The confederacy used force in an attempt to prevent anti-confederacy areas from seceeding, denying them the very same right they proclaimed for themselves, and soon gained power comprable to the US federal government. Conservatives used to be big supporters of states rights, but now that they're in power on a national level they don't have a problem trampling over that. Liberals used to be the opposite but recently discovered the virtues of states rights now that they're no longer in power on a national level.