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To: central_va

No. Grant said that if the founders knew all the trouble it would cause they would have written a provision for secession into the Constitution — not that they actually had provided for secession or that secession was in fact constitutional.


208 posted on 01/20/2015 4:54:24 PM PST by x
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Grant said that if the founders knew all the trouble it would cause they would have written a provision for secession into the Constitution

Everyone agrees that a roach motel clause in the Constitution would have made it a non starter. And a converse clause would have left it un-ratified(is that a word?) too.

210 posted on 01/20/2015 4:59:18 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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