To: justshutupandtakeit
It is true that there is no provision for kicking a State out or selling it to another Country, but all the legitimate property claims and powers of the United States could be negotiated in allowing any State to secede. The power is there and nothing in the Constitution prevents such an outcome.
To: Libertarianize the GOP
It is true that there is no provision for kicking a State out or selling it to another Country...What if all the other states seceded from the one?
Walt
To: Libertarianize the GOP
The entire logic of the constitution and the history of its creation and the thought of its writers are all contradicted by the idea of secession.
Only with a constitutional amendment could it possibly be legalized. That, of course, would be equivalent to tearing it up.
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