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Politics : Is Secession Doable? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mana who wrote (371)	11/5/2004 3:59:45 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1968

Trade problems alone would sink such an effort. The other problem is that you couldn't find one state that would join such an effort. You think that because a state had a primarily Democrat vote, that they would secede from the union? There is a quantum leap!

To: Mana who wrote (371)	11/6/2004 1:41:04 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1968

Just like the Supreme Court ruling on abortion. Precisely, yes! You got it. The Blues have nothing against a 9-man legislature; they only dislike it when it votes against them as it did in Bush v. Gore. When it ruled in Roe v. Wade, they applauded, even though that was clearly legislation from the bench. I believe there is a lot of evidence that the Founding Fathers believed States have the right to secede. I believe that had those states NOT believe that, they never would have entered that Union. "That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." Not on point. The Declaration of Independence is not a legal source document; the Constitution is, Walter Williams THE REAL LINCOLN That's wonderful. The question of whether the Federal gov't would fight to preserve its territorial integrity was settled between 1861-5. In 1868, the USSC put its blessings on the slaughter. THAT is the law as of now. And that is what you face if you secede. DiLorenzo does a yeoman's job in documenting Lincoln's ruthlessness and hypocrisy, and how historians have covered it up. Lincoln was a dictator who would shame the Commissars. Most of his shameful acts have been buried by historians.