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Interstate commerce is regulated by federal government; they could block this easily but Republicans are filibustering any attempt.
If I were a Democrat and I saw that 6–3 Supreme Court, I would be very wary of attempting anything involving interstate commerce. The Supreme Court clearly has no regard for precedent or consistency anymore, the last thing I want to do is call attention to one of the most potent weapons I have for checking the powers of state governments and the executive branch.
That would be the quickest way to destroy every red state's infrastructure funding and blue states could easily retaliate saying that they don't recognize driver's licenses from red states and won't let in the so-called citizens without a passport.
When somebody shows you who they really are, trust them the first time.
I didn't say that my hypothetical scenario would prevent yours; I'm saying "yes and." I've lived in Texas nearly my entire life and have come to realize that this state tries to start bar room brawls and then punches itself in the face to try to out-crazy the other states in hopes that they'll back down. I'm sure part of the reason so few states want to fuck with Texas is financial or transactional, but I often wonder how much of it is "shit, they don't even care that they're killing their constituents accidentally, I certainly don't want to find out what they do when they're actively angry."
This is a particularly dumb move given that the states likeliest to produce the greatest number of climate change refugees over the next few decades are Texas and Florida; the Northeastern states would be perfectly delighted to have a legal excuse to shut the door on them.
What makes you think blue states could get away with the same bullshit as red states? The only standards in play are double standards.
You assume that rulings would be consistent. If you read any of the recent decisions you will note plenty of hypocrisy and a decided lack of reasoning consistency in their written opinions. It is almost as if they are trying to justify a predetermined outcome...
So you'll see plenty of rulings in favor of things red states like and against things blue states like.