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To: moonshot925

Both New York and Virginia explicitly retained the right to secede from the USA through specific language in their conditional ratification of the Constitution.

Thank you Patrick Henry.


276 posted on 07/16/2012 12:23:54 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Triple

Oh, and if I’m not mistaken Wyoming filed an amacus brief in the Heller case which basically said if the ruling went against Heller, Wyoming considered it a breach of contract with the federal government...secession.


278 posted on 07/16/2012 12:36:55 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Triple

Signing statements to the ratification process don’t carry the weight of law. They may have been a reassurance to folks but they aren’t enforceable.


280 posted on 07/16/2012 12:42:05 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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