The states were stripped of their statehood until they fulfilled certain requirement set by Congress to be readmitted to the Union.
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Back then, there was no Federal income tax. I can see the blue staters refusing to pay taxes, which would mean....what?
Do states have payment obligations to the Federal government, or is the $$ flow only one way?
Nothing is going to cow the progs, IMO. They will escalate to some sort of armed defiance, even if it is only BLM/antifa/MKUltra drones.
In short, what legal ammunition do the states in rebellion possess?
Every quarter, the company that collects the withheld federal income tax and social security tax reports to the IRS (and SSAN) and sends in a file with that information along with a check. The failure to do that would bring in IRS agents along with a SWAT team.
Nothing is going to cow the progs, IMO. They will escalate to some sort of armed defiance, even if it is only BLM/antifa/MKUltra drones.
Best of luck to them. They are no match for the US Armed Forces.
In short, what legal ammunition do the states in rebellion possess?
None. That was settled at Appomattox and in Texas v. White in 1869.
Secession! ...well, I used to say that over 20 years ago. Now, every state has so many suckling on that USGVT teat I doubt there is much appetite for rebellion. sigh
No, the progs are going to try to regain federal power and then put the red states—and their patriotic citizens—in the position of having to rebel.
This will begin as soon as the Democrats regain federal power in either the Legislative or Executive Branch, which might be as early as January 2019. This is why it's so important that the Democrats don't take the House. It's too bad that the GOPe is doing everything it can to help the Dems prevail in November. It couldn't be more obvious...