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To: fortheDeclaration

And neither does the Constitution mention secession. Therefore the 10th Amendment applies: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”


55 posted on 06/25/2016 8:36:49 AM PDT by scpolitician
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To: scpolitician
No, the 10th amendment is just saying that the powers not given to the Federal government are reserved to the States.

There was never a provision in the Constitution for a State to leave it peacefully.

56 posted on 06/25/2016 9:53:35 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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