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To: allmendream
So not only does a State have to have the Congressional majority votes of other States to secede, they have to have their OWN Congressional delegation VOTE THEMSELVES OUT OF A JOB!

One would assume that if the people of their state want to leave then the congressmen and senators would not have a problem voting themselves out of a job. If they don't then they won't have a job after the next election anyway.

My dad used to support secession because the Constitution was a contract that was freely entered into. I argued that ALL contracts are freely entered into, but they are still binding until a remedy is exercised within that contract.

But with the exception of the original 13, states didn't enter freely into anything. They were allowed in, and only after a majority of the existing states said OK.

The “remedy” within the “contract” of the U.S. Constitution would be a vote by Congress passed by the President (or overriding of his veto).

I would argue that since the President plays no part in admitting a state then he should play no part in allowing them to leave.

55 posted on 04/17/2009 10:42:47 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

bttt


138 posted on 04/17/2009 11:48:27 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
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