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Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
The modern version (as I have written many times) is not about leaving the US. It is about the states putting force the idea that the states are independent of the federal government as enumerated in the Constitution. There would be a war only if the occupant of the White House wanted one. Otherwise the states would do their thing, stop sending their tax money to DC, and stop listening to federal laws that violate the Constitution. I imagine if one state started the ball rolling several other states would join. Once again (so that you understand this simple thing) there would only be a war if Barry wanted one.
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The Constitution does NOT enumerate that the states are independent of the federal government. To the contrary, the Constitution enumerates specific powers that the federal government has. To the extent a federal power conflicts with a state power, per the Supremacy Clause, the federal power wins. That's hardly an enumeration of independence for the states.
And states don't send tax money to DC. People and businesses do. Are you proposing that states PREVENT businesses from sending income tax, payroll tax, FICA, etc. to the Treasury?
Stop listening to laws that violate the Constitution? Who makes THAT determination? Ricky Perry? Andrew Cuomo?
The states don't have the option to stop listening. The feds have their own laws, police force, and courts. The states can sue in court and let the Supreme Court decide.
What happens if the Supreme Court decides that the federal government DOES have the power to make marijuana sales illegal? What does Colorado do then? Ignore the Supreme Court and have the state police arrest DEA agents with they raid pot dispensaries?
The "modern version" as you call it isn't any smarter than the "slavery preservation version" of the 19th century.
