Posted on 07/26/2017 8:33:43 AM PDT by Cheerio
Please let me know who to contribute money too so this can happen sooner rather than later.
Umm, you better re-read the US Constitution, there is nothing in it about secession, at all.
We need a parallel effort in the rest of the USA to expel Californian from the republic. Call it #CALGONE.
California.... while you’re at it please take Oregon and Washington State with you. If you take them we can throw in New Mexico for you as well.
Why be belligerent when CA leaving is what we all want? We should be talking about how to make this as smooth as possible.
This is great.
When it passes, Trump will have the justification he needs to send in the military.
Let Brown suffer the same fate as Jeff Davis.
Maybe we can use his 2600 acre ranch in Yuba county for a cemetary like Arlington.
We can live without their taxes. F**K’em, let them leave just don’t let them leave without taking Pelosi and Maxine Waters.
The US Congress wants that money and will NEVER, EVER approve CA secession.
> there is nothing in it about secession, at all <
Well, yes. That’s what I said: There is no legal mechanism in the U.S. Constitution that allows for secession. That’s a fact.
I suppose one could argue that since the Constitution does not explicitly prohibit succession, it must somehow be doable. That’s shaky reasoning
This was an oversight by the Founders, IMO. It would have been nice if they would have put in a mechanism for a state to secede. The process should be lengthy - very lengthy - but it should be possible.
A Constitutional amendment addressing that might have been possible in, say, the year 1800. As you know, back then folks were very attached to their states, and they were very attuned to states right. Now...not nearly as much. Everyone wants that federal money.
Where do I sign?
I wonder if Washington, Oregon, and California secede they might decide to become remote states of China or just be an independent country. We could then set up border crossing stations and demand passports for anyone entering the USA and also require import taxes for all goods entering the country.
Clearly you do not know how the USC works. Every law or action passed by a state is considered constitutional until proven otherwise by a party or parties with standing. Just as long as the state law doesn't usurp enumerated federal power in the USC its a good law. Again there is nothing in the USC about secession because if the founders had put that in there then it would have never been ratified.
Wait a minute. I must modify my post #49 to you. The 10th Amendment: 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.
One could fairly argue that since secession is not covered in the Constitution, the 10th Amendment gives that power to states.
If this ever had some serious chance of succeeding I could see federal Democrats panicking. They will pull out all the stops to prevent California from leaving.
Occupy?
How about defeat, incarcerate, evaluate, deport and intern?
I think the arrival of half a million troops would throw a pretty good scare into blue-county CA.
What are some kind of Lincolnesque blood thirsty monster? You are a scary dude. Calm down and take your meds.
Yes, I think you agree now. However whether the 10th existed or not states still can secede. On this we probably disagree.
The Kalifornia boarder stations already exist, just a name change will do it.
This is on I-10 at the CA side of the Colorado River -
For the benefit of the average (imbecile) voter, when Texas joined the Union, it was already a Republic, and joined with "expressed" specific-non negotiable conditions...
California did not.
California is certain to institute an EXIT Tax...
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