> Just look at the constitution of the CSA Actually, the Confederate constitution was even more hostile on the subject of states' rights than was the US Consti

> Just look at the constitution of the CSA Actually, the Confederate constitution was even more hostile on the subject of states' rights than was the US Constitution. (4) No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp So if say Mississippi were to suddenly see the light, they couldn't as a state pass a bill impairing the right of property in negro slaves.