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You also ignore the supremacy clause, which essentially means that federal laws are superior to state laws. Or, in a more day to day use, the federal government has power to mandate to the states certain courses of actions, and to restrict from them other courses of action. That they were told they can't secede, and that they attempted to do anyway but weren't powerful enough to force their will on the remainder of the nation is really of no moment.

Federal law does not always supercede/pre-empt state laws, but mostly, yes.

The feds have NO power against any state who would wish to repeal thier ratification of the constitution, that is, secede from the Union, as was done in the Civil war, HOWEVER, such would be Sovereign suicide.