By Alan Caruba An America that abandons thousands of years of tradition and common sense is an America that has set itself firmly on a path toward decline. That is the central issue of gay marriage that the Supreme Court will struggle to determine. A similar experience in social engineering gave us the federal protection…
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Would States Secede to Protect Their Citizens?
By Alan Caruba Many, if not most, Americans are unaware that the nation is composed of separate republics with their own constitutions. They are, of course, the individual states. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved respectively, or to the people.” –…
A Whiff of Secession and Nullification
By Alan Caruba In May Rasmussen Reports took a survey of a thousand adults asking if they believed that States have the right to secede. “One-in-five Americans believe individual States have the right to break away from the country, although a majority doesn’t believe it will actually happen.” That a Tea Party movement sprang to…
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