What if #6: What if each state was its own country?

Each state has the power to make certain laws, right? Right. The disagreement between states and their laws have been at the heart of political controversy over the course of our country's history. Maybe it would be a good time to just come up with a simple little solution. Each state has its own government, laws, and means of protecting the rights of their citizens. State legislatures would have a ball with the chance of finally being able to avoid Congress's approval of a bill. It would take so much less time and effort to make their laws. The only approval that they would need would be their own. This could be a good thing? I bet people would be more at peace with each other. On the other hand, this could create the possibility of having another Civil War. THAT, my friends, would be the end. But on to a more positive note-- I'm sure that every one would have to have a passport to enter another "country's" borders. If not a passport, something of the sort that proves your identity. It would be a little annoying, however, to have to use a passport to cross the brige into Arkansas. Vacations would be a very interesting process. The "countries" would probably gain a little too much confidence. Texas, especially, would have such a high sense of feeling "better than everyone else." Then comes California--the land of, well, anything and everything. I'm sure this is a bad idea to even ponder over, but to think of how the people, states, and governments would react to becoming their own country is definitely entertaining.