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To: Non-Sequitur
What legal right did they have to do so?

The Constitution?

644 posted on 05/24/2007 9:04:27 PM PDT by beckysueb
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To: beckysueb
The Constitution?

What section? Article I, Section 8 says that only Congress exercises control over federal property like forts and therefore only Congress could agree to part with it. What part of the Constitution overrode that?

702 posted on 05/25/2007 4:02:54 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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