(Disclaimer: Slavery is, was, and will always be bad. This may seem like an odd thing to say out oft he blue, but I'm going to talk about the American Civil War, and I want this point made abundantly clear, without breaking the flow of what I actually want to say. Furthermore civil rights is good. So is Equal Opportunity, In fact, I would go for just running wildly down the path of equal opportunity, so long as we don't enforce Equal Results, because really, that's basically totalitarian socialism.)

Short answer yes, and I would see such an act as a sign that the country can no longer provide what the states require.

Long answer, I'm a Federalist, (go ahead and Google that one, it's an ancient political philosophy, from a more civilized age) and I would far prefer to see the Federal government restore enough rights to the states that they would not feel the need to succeed. This is after all the principle of having a Federal Government, essentially being a strong consortium between independent States. (That's why, what would essentially be provinces in other countries are called states, a word that means nation). Now, before the American Civil War (or The War Between The State, The War of Northern Aggression, The War With The Confederacy, The War of Secession, take your pick from the names), people referred to the U.S. as "The United States Are" and after the Civil War (Et. Al.) people referred to the US as "The United States Is" The difference between the two, being that the importance is placed upon the Federal government, rather then the state governments. To me, this precedence to the federal government is counter to the reason for the American Revolution, which was to throw off the shackles of a centralized government.

Anyway that's my two cents, and oooh, holy carp! Politics in the TSP forums!! craaazyyyyy....

(G-E, That was before my time. I apologize if I implied that America supported independence, which, really we haven't for a while now. Our modern foreign policies are hegemonic at best, and draconian at worst.)