[nathanbedford]

States themselves need to decide what their own course should be.

I thought that was precisely what Article V does.

[thescourged1]

Indeed it does. Sorry for not being more succinct, but I meant striking off to chart their own course outside of a Constitution that is no longer being followed anyways.

We are hobbled by our own laws, while the lawless govern. That cannot stand. And why should we? Because serfdom is safer? Is leaving the republic in order to escape the tightening noose around our necks that frightening?

I'm not raging at you, FRiend, but I do truly wonder where this is all going to end. Elections are worthless, we've all seen this now. Laws are ignored. Politicians are bought and sold like trading cards. What recourse is there?

Article V would be an answer if our government wasn't so corrupt. Amending a Constitution that is routinely ignored or sidestepped will solve nothing. If anything, I believe it would instigate a Federal push-back, much earlier than our overlords have planned.

/seditious rant off