--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Coming from Quebec, I am a somewhat "expert" on secession, having > studied it from a constitutional as well as political viewpoint. > > One of the first articles mentioned various states such as Oregon > and Washington joining Canada. Well, it has been suggested before > that those two states join B.C. and Alberta (and possibly others) > into a state called "Cascadia". > > Curiously, there is a school of thought -- led by none other than > Ben Stein of "Win Ben Stein's money" fame -- that the attempt at > secession by the South in the 1860s was entirely legit. I believe > that the jist of it is that the residual power in the constitution -- > that's the power that says that anything not explicitly given to > the federal government goes to the states -- would go to the states > because there is no mention of who has power over secession in the > constitution. So...
I don't know the specifics of this, Shemp, but when I lived in Canada for three years, it was always explained to me there that the reason that the Quebecois' threat to secede was taken seriously was that the right to do so was actually guaranteed in the Canadian constitution, *as opposed to* the US constitution. I don't know that this is true, but it's how it was explained to me in Toronto, in a couple of cases by attorneys. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
