Leftists and Libs Dreaming of Leaving - #NationalDivorce
If Trump Seizes More Power, Should Blue States Secede? ADIOS!
Why wait to find out? Adios. Don’t let the doorknob hit you on the way out - DD
I am a lawyer and a political scientist. Were I to answer this question solely as a lawyer, I would easily say yes. The United States was (or were?) born as a secessionist movement from the British Empire. It was not a “revolution” as we understand the
word today. George Washington and his armies had no designs on London; those we call “patriots” simply wanted to withdraw from the existing framework of governance. Taking a cue from the founding of the United States, blue states can legally secede from the Union.
Perhaps the most audacious phrase in the Declaration of Independence occurs in the first sentence, when it purports to speak in the name of “one people.” Any historian—and, one suspects, most of those in Philadelphia gathered at the Second Continental Congress—knew this was, at best, tendentious if not preposterous. Think only of the Indigenous nations, many of whom understandably supported the British, not to mention enslaved people (and peoples). Puritan sectarians in New England had little in common with Baptist sectarians in Virginia, and both were antagonistic to the Catholics in Maryland. (Though initially settled by Catholics, Maryland banned them from holding office in its 1776 state constitution.)
Everyone knows the declaration’s endorsement of “inalienable rights.” But just as important is the sentence emphasizing that the “people”—whose “consent” is the basis of any “just powers” in government—retain the right “whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends…to alter or to abolish it.” They remain free to “institute a new government…as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.” This expresses the true radicalism of what most people call the American Revolution.
There has never been a singular American people. This is the real meaning of American federalism, which makes sense only if one recognizes the deep diversity within the American populace. That pluralistic reality sets the stage for equally deep political conflicts, not all of them capable of peaceful resolution within the…
Jeezzz. Get over yourself. Editing in your Thesaurus and Dictionary? Gawd!!!🇺🇸🦅😎