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Nowhere does this phrase from the Declaration of Independence say what kind of a government they had to set up. But lets move on ...

Nah let's stay there for a moment. Try reading the confederate constitution some time, it's pretty obvious Davis didn't. It is similar to the real one in that it requires the same three branches of government; legislative, executive, and judicial. Davis totally ignored the third branch. Laws and courts would just have gotten in his way as he nationalized industries, siezed private property, and pretty well pissed all over the states rights that the confederacy was supposed to have been founded on. Those are the facts, the dirty little southron secret that y'all are too terrified to debate on. Jefferson Davis was a criminal, a tyrant, the closest thing to a dictator this continent has seen. He had zero respect for the rule of law, no patience for legal niceties. Jail 'em and forget 'em. Government wants something, government takes if 'for the war effort'. And above all, slavery at all costs.

And unilateral secession as practiced by the confederacy was illegal. The Supreme Court ruled that in 1869.

Once again the pot is calling the kettle black!

"And unilateral secession as practiced by the confederacy was illegal. The Supreme Court ruled that in 1869."

Which merely proves that when the North won the war, the dream of American Liberty as envisioned by the Founders went down the toilet. Thanks to Lincoln we now have this behemoth in Washington that is overtly intrusive of our daily lives and liberties. No longer can States really determine their own destiny without cowtowing to Washington. The Founders never envisioned a government who provides welfare to so many. Who sets up educational curriculum standards for the children, or who has this labyrinth of byzantine type Tax Codes. No ... the Founders set it up with individual liberty being paramount, and States Rights being there to keep the Federal Government in check! Yes, you call Jeff Davis the tyrant, but in reality the tyrant who doomed us to everlasting enslavement to big government and taxes was LINCOLN! Honest Abe wasn't honest!

And while we're on the subject, the Southern States should've been able to determine for themselves whether or not slavery would've continued as an institution ... that was a part of their right of self-determination! It wasn't up to the Federal Government to determine that. Go back and re-read your Constitution and Federalist papers. You'll be amazed at what the Founders intended.

"And unilateral secession as practiced by the confederacy was illegal. The Supreme Court ruled that in 1869 [eight years after secession.]"

When you resign from the club, you are no longer subject to the club's bylaws. What is the mental deficiency which afflicts you and renders you incapable of understanding this?

"Jefferson Davis was a criminal, a tyrant, the closest thing to a dictator this continent has seen. "

You know Non-Seq, every time I think that I have seen the height of the absurdities of which you are capable you exhibit a greater one."...the closest thing to a dictator this continent has seen.

Do you not understand that our continent comprises more than the territorial United States? But let's assume that you don't. Have you never heard of Abraham Lincoln ,Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson? If you are indeed so ignorant of your country's history, perhaps you would have a chance of recovery from sueing the school boards that administered the schools that you attended. Just a thought; it might make a little more room on the internet for serious people if you could be so diverted.