[Gianni]

Lincoln had every constitutional right to put down insurrections and rebellions.

As lentulusgracchus has said, cite the relevent portion of the Constitution in total.

[lentulusgracchus]

cite the relevent portion of the Constitution in total.

He won't. I've challenged him twice, and he won't cough it up, but wants to change the subject to the Treason Clause.

Pure bad sportsmanship because we're beating his brains in on this subject. We are demonstrating his wilful tactical, i.e. disingenuous, ignorance on certain subjects.

Bad faith in argument.

Spit it out, JSUAFI. What has to happen before Congress or anyone else can act in a case of insurrection?

We just had a textbook example of the limitations of federal power last August, on the eve of Hurricane "Katrina".

What has to happen, JSUAFI, before an emergency can be "federalized"? Speak up, boy. I can't hear you.

[justshutupandtakeit]

I have quoted the US Constitution not the Constitution of the Delusional.