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The idea of "Soft Secession" as a strategy of resistance to the damage being done by Trump's government is beginning to take hold.
Here are two article worth reading: - States Can Curb Federal Power through “Soft Secession” - How to Succeed at Secession Without Really Trying - It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession” - Soft Secession and Economic Deportation of Red States
These efforts introduce the idea that while secession of the kind that was at the heart of the U.S. Civil War, or earlier, less sweeping attempts, are soundly regarded as unconstitutional, the constitution itself endorses the idea of state sovereignty: that powers are divided between national and state governments.
The Soft Secession movement suggests that a group of states, working alone and together, can do much to nullify an out of control national government and its illegal actions.
It's about time.