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To: Enlightened1

Little problem with secession...Texas vs White (1869).

Texas v. White, (1869), U.S. Supreme Court case in which it was held that the United States is “an indestructible union” from which no state can secede.”


45 posted on 01/26/2021 3:52:09 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

SCOTUS has gotten things wrong before, like the Dredd Scott decision.


47 posted on 01/26/2021 3:57:22 PM PST by Kevmo (I'm in a slow motion Red Dawn reality TV show. The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Would you have expected a different ruling, during Reconstruction?

To borrow a line from an old movie, "No paper can hold the iron. It must come from men."

49 posted on 01/26/2021 4:01:58 PM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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