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Ah. Presumably because it also applied to immigrants, and plenty of Northern states benefited from that (indeed, arguably that and the ban on importing slaves helped set the ticking clock on the slavery-based economy of the South).

What about the legislature is based off slavery? Are you referring to the 3/5ths clause?

I thought the sanctuary thing was only happening at city level, my apologies. Anyway, you're right that they're using those rights, but generally when you bring up the issue I've found people usually associate it with the "Southern" issues. Much as people forget that in the antebellum period...

You're right in that it was how the nation was constructed, and legally, the States are still an entity that can collectively abolish the Constitution or alter it as they choose. But culturally a large number of Americans don't see it that way anymore. For good or for ill, they see us as one...

It made sense in the 19th Century, since each state had a stronger identity back then, and the system operated under the logic that each state was acting as its own sovereign entity in deciding who it felt should be President. The entire Southern construct of "state sovereignty" was tied up in...

Because they don't think of it in terms of states but people. To them the majority of Americans should decide the Presidency period, so whenever the system sees a President elected against the popular vote because of how the Electoral College works, it's a sign of how our system is flawed...