Sorry, there were no provisions in the Constitution as ratified for
dissolution, the fact that Virginia chose to reserve the right to
secede, doesn't have legal weight. The Constitution governs the conduct
of the member states in relations with each other, secession is not
covered, the Federal Constitution superceded all state laws that
conflicted with the purposes of the Constitution. Either Virginia was
never a member, or their reservation was invalid. Since Virginia acted
as a member then the latter was true. It's a moot point but annoying to
have it brought up. There are many things that are done by the Federal
Government that can be argued but that's not one of them.
Bob Shell wrote:
On Thursday, October 20, 2005, at 10:51 AM, graywolf wrote:
Unfortunately he never seems to have considered what happens if you
lose that revolution as in the case of the Confederate States.
That wasn't really a revolution. It was a secession followed by a
bloody invasion. I don't know about other states, but Virginia
reserved the right to secede when she joined the Union, and later
chose to exercise that right. When Lincoln's army crossed into
Virginia, it was the invasion of one sovereign nation by another, and
in violation of a duly executed peace treaty between the two
nations. It never was, in any sense, a civil war.
Bob
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