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To: CodeToad
The Constitution give the government the power to suppress insurrections. What are the magic words that turn an insurrection into something that the government has no power to suppress?

Did the government have any authority to suppress slave uprisings like Nat Turner's Rebellion?

171 posted on 02/17/2010 2:53:37 PM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

“The Constitution give the government the power to suppress insurrections”

Insurrections, yes, States leaving, no.


189 posted on 02/17/2010 3:42:41 PM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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