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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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To: DiogenesLamp

Declaration of Independence refers to revolution, and gives reasons why revolution was morally justified.

After the problem of justifying secession for slavery morally, there is the problem that secession by a single state at pleasure is not constitutional, as the controversy would be required to be resolved by Article III, at the supreme court.


761 posted on 08/12/2013 9:13:35 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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