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To: Libertarianize the GOP
There is nothing in Article IV, Section 3 of the constitution of the UNITED STATES which applies to secession. Not a line, not a word.

You must have it confused with the constitution of the Confederate States.
77 posted on 12/11/2002 10:23:03 AM PST by justshutupandtakeit
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To: justshutupandtakeit
The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.

That very clearly empowers the Government to negotiate all territorial and property issues that would occur within a mutually agreed upon secession.

80 posted on 12/11/2002 11:30:22 AM PST by Libertarianize the GOP
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