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Old 02-27-2010, 16:38   #16
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.......The weight of my last post was supposed to be levied on the taxation issue, not on secessionism. That didn't work the first go-around...it won't work if tried again.
1865 saw the end of "States" and the rise of the powerful Federal (Central) Government.
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Old 02-27-2010, 19:11   #17
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I don't like any law, rule, or regulation which attempts to leave me without redress in a court of law. The Founding Fathers liked juries for a reason.
Sorry, the "courts" statement was in reference to federal judges (district courts, not appeals courts or the Supreme court).
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Old 02-27-2010, 19:40   #18
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1865 saw the end of "States" and the rise of the powerful Federal (Central) Government.
1781 saw the end of the powerful British central authority over their former colonies.

The Constitution has yet to be amended by the Convention process.

History has a way of sneaking up on decadent governments.
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