WP: I saved it:
To: donmeaker
Under the terms of the 10th Amendment, powers not delegated or prohibited by the Constitution are reserved to the States or the people of the States - and the Constitution nowhere delegates or prohibits secession. 'So: there. No legal foundation to oppose secession. End of story.' As Harvard history professor William Gienapp recently noted, "the proponents of secession had a strong constitutional argument, probably a stronger argument than the nationalists advanced"...;>)
57 posted on 12/24/01 2:36 PM Pacific by Who is John Galt?
Don't try and weasel out.
Me? “Weasel out?” Now, that is quite humorous coming from Mr.-I-Won’t-Discuss-The-Secession-Of-The-Ratifying-States-Or-The-Alien-&-Sedition-Acts! You are a comedian! But I will nevertheless be happy to discuss the subject. A few points:
1) I was not “quoting” the amendment.
2) My statement (that the Tenth Amendment refers to the people of the States) was both rational and consistent with the historical documents of the era...
;>)
It walks like a duck.
It is a duck.
Walt