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To: Sacajaweau
Was it right?

While it was morally and constitutionally wrong for the insurrection to have occurred in the first place, its failure was a good thing and the efforts to put it down were righteous indeed.

7 posted on 05/23/2008 7:19:10 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: wideawake

Not Constitutionally wrong, the SCOTUS had ruled that the Sates had the right to voluntarily leave the Union. By the way, that ruling has never been legally overturned.


9 posted on 05/23/2008 7:34:18 AM PDT by ricmc2175
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To: wideawake
While it ... constitutionally wrong

What clause of the Constitution dictates the voluntary entry into the agreement as being a one way street?

Recall that though slavery was morally wrong, it was Constitutionally permitted.

You cannot argue the Constitution both ways.

11 posted on 05/23/2008 7:36:17 AM PDT by Michael.SF. ("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
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To: wideawake

“While it was morally and constitutionally wrong for the insurrection to have occurred in the first place, its failure was a good thing and the efforts to put it down were righteous indeed.”

How will you feel when it happens again for reasons of gross Constitutional abuse and Liberty deprivation from a tyrannical Government? It won’t be another revolution because there will be significant numbers of people who would live with the new rule.


38 posted on 05/23/2008 11:37:02 AM PDT by Rebelbase (McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
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