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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
FYI: The Virginia legislature passed an ordinance seizing US artillery on April 1, 1861, weeks before the convention passed its (unratified) secession act. OR: Series 4, Vol. 1, pg. 203

Was that unconstitutional? Or not? Did anyone challenge the action in federal court? Or not?

162 posted on 08/27/2008 4:57:06 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("Sometimes I have to break the law in order to meet my management objectives." - Bill Calkins, BLM)
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To: Who is John Galt?
Was that unconstitutional? Or not?

Are you saying that it was constitutional? Can any state, without even the fig leaf of an unconstitutional secession declaration, seize US government property? I suppose you'll say that they can, since the Constitution doesn't expressly forbid it.

Did anyone challenge the action in federal court? Or not?

No, we didn't challenge the action in federal court. It took a while, but we just came and took them back.

168 posted on 08/27/2008 5:13:10 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Who is John Galt?; Bubba Ho-Tep
Was that unconstitutional? Or not? Did anyone challenge the action in federal court? Or not?

What difference would that have made, given your disregard for the courts? Instead, why not point out what clause of the constitution gave Virginia the right to take federal property without the approval of Congress and without compensation. Can you do that?

189 posted on 08/28/2008 6:18:42 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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