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Do states have a right of secession? That question was settled through the costly War of 1861. In his recently published book, "The Real Lincoln," Thomas DiLorenzo marshals abundant unambiguous ... Just about every major Northern newspaper editorialized in favor of the South's right to secede. New York Tribune (Feb.
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www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1543
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If the Union is truly indestructible, then states cannot secede even if the national government is willing to let them go. Can that be right? Are the states trapped in a permanent marriage that even an amicable divorce cannot end? ... A constitutional amendment, once adopted, could authorize unilateral secession as...
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writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20041124.html
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A large percentage of the world’s people (especially in populous India, China, Indonesia and Africa) would choose to secede from their respective nation states if given the opportunity. ... PRIMACY OF THE RIGHT TO SECEDE; The primary political right of the individual and of political communities must be to secede from...
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www.secession.net/
www.secession.net/
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Toward Freedom, a progressive perspective on world events ... The U.S. Constitution does not forbid secession. According to the tenth amendment, that which is not expressly prohibited by the Constitution is allowed. All states have a Constitutional right to secede.
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towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/707/
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Standing Athwart History, Yelling Incoherently! ... The answer is “no,” no state has any right to secede from the union. The only legitimate way the Union may be dissolved would be by way of a Constitutional proposition ratified by the required number of states.
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www.conservativedonnybrook.com/2008/12/04/do-states-hav...
www.conservativedonnybrook.com/2008/12/04/do-states-have-the-right-to-secede/
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"Each Union Republic shall retain the right freely to secede from the U.S.S.R." So reads Article 72 of the Soviet Constitution. ... Of course such claims are false and typical of modern mega-States. As we now see, a Soviet Republic may not "freely secede" unless this means free of a really big number of tanks.
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www.reformed.org/webfiles/antithesis/v1n3/ant_v1n3_curr...
www.reformed.org/webfiles/antithesis/v1n3/ant_v1n3_curr1.html
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First, three of the original thirteen states-Virginia, New York, and Rhode Island-ratified the U.S. Constitution only conditionally. Each of these states explicitly retained the right to secede. ... Therefore, all states have a Constitutional right to secede.
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www.vermontrepublic.org/issues_essays/thomas_naylors_wr...
www.vermontrepublic.org/issues_essays/thomas_naylors_writings/the_constitutionality_of_secession
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BECK: So the question is, do states have the right to secede anymore? Because it was a compact. It’s not perpetual. In fact, in the Declaration of Independence it says it is our right, it is our responsibility to get away from a government who doesn’t listen to ... Constitutional silence does not disprove secession.
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thinkprogress.org/2008/11/25/beck-secession/
thinkprogress.org/2008/11/25/beck-secession/
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Next, Madison, and the other framers, say multiple times that the several States are sovereign, including in the foundational Constitutional document, The Federalist Papers. If a State is Sovereign it has the right to choose what other States it will associate with.
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www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/14/did-the-south-have-...
www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/14/did-the-south-have-the-right-to-secede/
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