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Home Front: Politix
Individual States Declaring Sovereignty
2009-02-25
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Hey Steve, they may rush in but we don't have to ratify.

Disclaimer: I am long brass, lead and steel.
Posted by: Hellfish   2009-02-25 20:06  

#9  Crazy Fool and Steve White say it best.
Posted by: WolfDog   2009-02-25 16:52  

#8  I know where I'm going if that happens!!

Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2009-02-25 14:47  

#7  A Constitutional Convention could be a disaster: it would be an open invitation for the progressive left to charge in, and let's remember that they're pretty well organized. You'd end up with the ACORN types in charge. Wouldn't be pretty, and just try being a state that says 'no' after they produce a new constitution, which is what they would do.
Posted by: Steve White   2009-02-25 13:04  

#6  Prior to the Civil War, it was routine for the states to nullify federal action. It makes sense. You agree to live by a certain set of rules (say, the Constitution). One side stops playing by the rules. You can either stick around and implicitly agree to the rule change, or do something about it.
Posted by: Iblis   2009-02-25 12:40  

#5  This isn't declaring 'independance'. Simply affirming the 10th Admendment.

This might be the first echos of a consitutional Convention. Which, BTW, probably isn't something we want. Would you want people like Barak Obama, Comrade Murray (D-Washington), or Baghdad Jim (D-Al-Quaeda) dictating the consitution?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-02-25 12:25  

#4  More please.
Posted by: Hellfish   2009-02-25 12:24  

#3  Tempest meet teacup. So far these appear to be nothing more than non-binding expressions of opinion that will have no more effect than the states stamping their little feet and howling in outrage.

Nothing to see here until the states begin expelling federal officials who they deem infringe on their sovreignty, ordering their citizens not to pay federal taxes, or the like.
Posted by: AzCat   2009-02-25 12:17  

#2  This is not good.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2009-02-25 10:38  

#1  I dunno. The feds will still be taking income tax out of the state, and the declaration of sovereignty will be taken as a blanket rejection of Federal aid.

Don't declare independence until you really can live without Mommy and Daddy.
Posted by: Ptah   2009-02-25 10:23  

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