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[Beemnseven]

I'm well aware of the Whiskey Rebellion. Notice I said Lincoln took it farther than anyone before or since. I didn't say it had never been done.

[rdb3]

Way to contradict your own statement from one sentence to the next. First it's apples and oranges. Then, "a violation is a violation." Which is it?

Okay. Let me try it again.

I said "apples and oranges" as it pertained to violating the Tenth Amendment. When you told me about The Compromise of 1850 not involving troops, that was beside the point of what I was talking about.

You were talking about the war. I wasn't talking about the war. I was talking about the violation of federalism.

What? Did using federal troops somehow make the egregious slap in the face of the Tenth Amendment any less wrong?

I don't think so.

Fact about it, the slave holding states didn't much mind tossing out federalism when it came down to The Compromise of 1850, which suited their purpose. A violation is indeed a violation.

An offensive lineman can't complain about getting away with holding on one play, but getting flagged on another. If he held, he held.