To: Non-Sequitur; SeekAndFind
A state's right and determination to do what?
Amendment IX The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
163 posted on
10/07/2010 11:32:26 AM PDT by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: algernonpj
And what powers were being denied them?
169 posted on
10/07/2010 12:07:33 PM PDT by
Non-Sequitur
(Hey mo-joe! Here's another one for your collection.)
To: algernonpj
Nothing in that allows secession.
Secession wasn't even allowed in the Confederate Constitution.
229 posted on
10/08/2010 2:06:20 AM PDT by
fortheDeclaration
(When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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