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To: DiogenesLamp

The US Constitution is silent on the issue of secession. Live it, learn it, love it.


732 posted on 08/12/2013 12:54:15 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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It is not silent on the broader issue of controvery between the states, or between the states and the federal government.

Such controveries are to be resolved by law, per Article III, with the supreme court as original jurisdiction. Because of that requirement, secession at pleasure is unconstitutional.


734 posted on 08/12/2013 12:56:53 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: central_va
The US Constitution is silent on the issue of secession. Live it, learn it, love it.

The Declaration of Independence is not. It is quite clear about it.

752 posted on 08/12/2013 4:19:35 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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