Civil war seems far-fetched; states have a lot less autonomy today than they did before the last civil war, specifically because of that civil war. The ability

Civil war seems far-fetched; states have a lot less autonomy today than they did before the last civil war, specifically because of that civil war. The ability of a state to successfully wage war against others has been largely scrutinized and corrected. I think the most likely outcome is Congress passes a federal law (which inevitably pisses off one side, the other, or maybe even the extremes of both sides) and the losing side gets back to the status quo of seething mostly-peacefully about it.