Damuri_Ajashi:
Because we don’t have slavery anymore.
Our nation lived with slavery for almost a century because the anti-slavery states abided by the constitution and lived with slavery because the constitution set up rules and as long as the slave state4s had the majority, we were a slave nation. When the tide turned and it looked like we would be able to abolish slavery, the slave states decided they didn’t like the rules anymore.
If after much effort on the part of some states, we were on the verge of a constitutional amendment that banned abortions past the second trimester and California suddenly decided, they didn’t like the rules anymore, then we might fight with force.
Is the “we” here California or the rest of the states? Frankly, if California wanted to leave, I’d shrug and say, “ok, go ahead”, just like I expect most Californians would say if Texas decided to secede.