A state voting for an amendment that may restrict the rights of other states is not comparable to the issue of 1860-61 unless an amendment like the abolishment of slavery was proposed in 1860, or the abolishment of secession (which by the way I have yet to see that one come up). Would the election of federal officials also be against "states rights" if the canidates picked by one state did not win? Now this could be an arguement about "states rights" with the South if they believed that sectionism was ganging up on their rights by using the ballot box to do it. Has anyone seen such an argument? There maybe something here if it exist, maybe not.

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David Upton