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States' rights could be the reason the Constitution is flawed, but that doesn't mean your taxation example is applicable here.The most obvious course this discussion must take now is on the question of the US Constitution being a fatally flawed document, in that one state's criminal malfeasance can't be allowed to stand when it has a direct influence on the other states. Both sides have a case that can be upheld by the Constitution!
The concept of the union of states becomes a flawed concept!
A very difficult concept for any American to accept, but there doesn't seem to be a suitable way out of the situation.
That flaw is called "states rights" That as long as a state operates within the bounds of the US constitutional limits, they're free to do whatever they want. And if New York wants to tax the hell out of their people, and Florida has no state income tax. New York can't force Florida to adopt a state income tax, nor can Florida force New York to give theirs up.
Some states' rights infringe on other states's rights when they don't observe and adhere to the rights of all states overall. The flaw is in there being no (insufficient) federal jurisdiction over election practices that have an influence on the entire country.
I provided an example of how that could be true in post #115. The US Constitution is flawed and the Scotus left the door open to address the fault in the future, which obviously needs to happen before the next federal election.