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To: Ditto
And how does unilateral secession lead to anything but anarchy, which is what those men were trying to prevent with the Constitution. It provided all the framework for self-determination and to assure that the 'governed" had the final say.

Secession leads to anarchy? Well, if they said "we are seceding and have decided to have no government whatsoever" then it might lead to anarchy in the seceding State. But actually the seceding State is most likely to say that "we are seceding in order to be governed by a government that has our consent". Which of course, depending on the government they form might or might not be anarchy.

But in either case, it would not lead to anarchy in States that did not secede and remained where they were.

The anarchy argument is not a serious one.
231 posted on 07/09/2003 3:18:36 PM PDT by Arkinsaw
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To: Arkinsaw
Well, if they said "we are seceding and have decided to have no government whatsoever" then it might lead to anarchy in the seceding State.

What if counties in that state disagreed. As legal political entities, do they have a legal right to secession from the state government. And then say townships in those counties disagreed with the counties. As legal political entities, do they have the right to seceed from their counties? And then...............

you get the point. How far does this unilateral right extend?

232 posted on 07/09/2003 3:23:27 PM PDT by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
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