That’s what you wanted, isn’t it?

He will attempt to rule by decree. Explain to me the mechanism to resist that. Slow courts? He's had a window to SCOTUS many times, on the fly.

recognized "states rights". That is an old concept fully embraced by the racist, RWers, that was added to the Constitution as a catch-all, and is what fueled overturning Roe, and other things.

The assumption has been that as long as the GOP controls a majority of states, they can continue to go with "states rights" to enforce their draconian agendas.

when the state legalizes gay marriage, they want a national "marriage protection act" and when local entities like municipalities want to protect trans people, they want the state to intervene with bathroom bills.

so if the state is doing something racist like segregation they are for state's rights but if a state wants to do something humane like enforce women's reproductive rights or legalize weed they want a national abortion ban and federal drug prohibition.

I'll admit they have gotten a bit better on the weed thing (just because enough of them smoke pot, which is weird they are so uptight) but have become way more reactionary on everything else.

which is why, for example, you see some that participated in the "Medicaid Expansion", and others did not. States also regulate their "marketplaces".

"States Rights".

Cue "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin.

then it's a possibility, although the insurance lobby is too powerful to exit your state entirely (even with it being SC).

States rights won't mean a damn, nor will any other kind of rights.