states should have the right to secede without necessarily having military conflict imo

(well i wouldnt say lawless)

They tried to go from STATE to 'member of another country' all in one step

@ManAnimal "Some people would have us spend our treasures and the blood of our youth in foreign wars. We must not be swayed by these warmongerers, and will instead live by a simple maxim: America First - Everyone Else Second."

yeah

and THAT is forbidden by the constitution

not sure about that

no state can sign a treaty with another country

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and that was in essence what they did

but it was a technicallity at best

decent point?

the states should have a legal way to leave if they so choose TBH

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81kFNu47meL._UX679_.jpg

https://www.americafirst.com/content/dam/nav/nav-learn.jpg

im not sure how you'd do it

I don't see any States first stuff

maybe by referenda?

they do but you know lawyers; they will ALWAYS try to take it out of context and come up with a reason

actually considering how well brexit has gone

maybe a referendum is a bad idea

The 10th Ammendment clearly declares that every State has the CHOICE of what powers to hand over to the Federal goverment

(or should i say is going)

and they can revoke any authority that has been given to the Federal Gov at any time

https://media.nbcdfw.com/images/652*367/Trump-Stetson.jpg

currently, State govs are powerless because the Federal gov uses a form of blackmail in regards to taxes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwAXkM46QVU

if a State doesn't say follow the Federal Education mandates, the Federal gov witholds money for Roads or something else

pretty good voice

it's a trade-off between one centralized agency handling buisness for all the states or a seperate department each doing the same thing in all 50 states

the latter would be burrearcy hell

If a state doesn’t X the federal government withholds Y.

Cough.

*1776!*

yup

Yeah that's why the age for alcohol consumption is 21

there's no national age set

but the federal government threatened to withhold funding from any state that didn't raise it from 18 to 21

so they all did

yeah, they have in essence rewritten the rules using economies of scale as justification

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