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    It is not the case that Granting federal authority over 'external' matters thus inevitably penetrates internal self-determination, collapsing the premise on which the claim rests.

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    • 1.External and internal spheres can be meaningfully separated; a state can accept external constraints while retaining substantial internal autonomy.
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    • 2.Some federal powers (national defense, foreign relations) are necessary prerequisites for any meaningful self-determination to exist at all.
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    • 3.Constraining autonomy in some domains does not 'collapse' self-determination; political systems regularly balance competing freedoms without paradox.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.External regulations (trade, immigration, defense) directly constrain internal policy choices, making true internal autonomy impossible.
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    • 2.Federal authority over external affairs requires unified internal rules to implement those policies, necessarily restricting local self-determination.
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    • 3.The boundary between 'external' and 'internal' is conceptually unstable; any external power inevitably reaches inward through enforcement mechanisms.
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