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ParticipantStand by. There are more good things coming.
ParticipantThe idea was to avoid war, which no one knew would mean the end of slavery. In fact, it seemed likely that secession would make slavery more permanent.
I meant in reference to Amar’s methods. The unamendable provision’s unamendability was essential to the Constitution’s ratification.
Participant“The people of DC deserve to be represented in Congress” sounds to me like an argument for a constitutional amendment; it is indeed very similar to arguments that were offered in relation to the Electoral College in support of the 23rd Amendment.
ParticipantThere’s no such general power enumerated in the Constitution. My own reading is “no,” for the reasons that John C. Calhoun gave in opposing a proposed bill to pay Dolley Madison $30,000 for James Madison’s papers: that doing so violated the tenets of constitutional interpretation laid out by Madison in his Bonus Bill Veto Message (1817). I think I’m the only Madison biographer who has ever agreed with Calhoun on that one.
ParticipantTake a look at Article V, which already does provide that some provisions of the Constitution cannot be amended.
Left-wing legal scholar Akhil Amar posits that this language could be deleted by amendment, and then the theretofore prohibited amendment could be adopted. That’s typical of Amar.
My own view is that this would provide the clearest case for secession. Whether others would agree is an interesting question.
ParticipantCertainly. The reason they are held at Gitmo is so that they will fall under the president’s power to detain foreign combatants as commander-in-chief of the US Military, so he could release them at any point if he wanted to do so.
ParticipantArticle I, Section 2 of the Constitution says, “The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states, and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature.” My position is that since the District of Columbia is not a state, it isn’t to have House members.
Presently, DC and some territories have delegates in the House. They are allowed to vote in committees, which I see as unconstitutional. The politics of the question are highly race-correlated, so although all of the delegates are Democrats, it’s unlikely that Republicans will ever rectify the situation.
Participant1) Arnold never said why he defected, so we have to try to draw inferences. Being passed over, being stiffed, and being prodded by his Loyalist wife are obvious factors pushing him in that direction. Soon enough, he had a British generalship and significant command.
2) That phrase is from Locke, and it was used by Mason. Forests of trees have been spent trying to answer why Jefferson substituted “the pursuit of happiness,” and I’ve never been completely persuaded that anyone had given a convincing answer.
ParticipantIt’s very unlikely you could get a declaration of war to defend another country. Unless you did, it wouldn’t be constitutional.
ParticipantBesides those sources, CHRONICLES magazine also had good coverage throughout the conflict, as did–from time to time–Covert Action Quarterly.
ParticipantOh, right. I’m sorry that I forgot about that–which is odd, since I celebrated the Danes’ decision at the time.
We have similar phenomena in the USA. My state of Connecticut, for example, is very expensive in virtually every sense. We generally have higher nominal incomes here than in Texas or Idaho (where I spent much of my life before I came here), but we if anything live less well. As in regard to you visiting Germany, if I visit Idaho or Texas, I find that the money I take there from Connecticut will buy much more than in Connecticut. My favorite example is that the same 30-ounce Coca-Cola in the same plastic cup costs me $2.75 (including sales tax) at McDonald’s in Danbury, CT, $1.06 at McDonald’s in Boise, Idaho, and $1.00 at a McDonald’s in Lawton, Oklahoma.
There’s more wealth in the greater New York City area (where I live) than in most of the rest of the USA, which accounts for the generally higher prices, but oddly this doesn’t translate into higher standards of living for most people–unless you count living near New York City as a benefit (which I don’t). I suppose this same truth obtains for Danes vis-a-vis Germans, Dutch, et al.
July 23, 2014 at 9:48 pm in reply to: Saw the movie Lincoln…2 questions related to the passage of the 13th amendment #14990ParticipantSlavery was left to the individual states by the Constitution.
What do you mean by “push back?”
ParticipantHmm. I’m not sure that’s a good idea.
ParticipantTrue, it never even got out of the House.
ParticipantWhat Dr. McClanahan says is true, but there were some states — such as Virginia — in which it was traditional for senators to resign in case they came into disagreement with their legislatures.
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