To: Old Teufel Hunden
And what if the people of a state decided they did not want to be ruled by the state (such as my example of Virginia), do they have the right to dissolve the state? What of local governments? Can I get my local township dissolved if we are dissatisfied? Under the US constitution there is no prohibition - state and local laws may, of course vary!
Seriously though - where does the township derive it's "right to exist"? Several people at some point settled some land and decided that it would be better to band together for thier common well being instead of trying to "go it alone". Generations later, an oppresive system is implemented - do the ancestors of the founders have a right to disband and seek new way or are they forced to forever by subjugated?
206 posted on
08/05/2010 11:32:04 AM PDT by
An.American.Expatriate
(Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
To: An.American.Expatriate
"do the ancestors of the founders have a right to disband and seek new way or are they forced to forever by subjugated?"
Unless expressely delegated to the government? No. The ancestors have the right to secede by leaving. If all the people leave, I guess that government dies of it's own accord. Sort of like Detroit..... : )
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