SCVDem (2,334 posts)
Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence
". . .We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
Source(s):
Declaration of Independence, 1776.
Game on!
Emphasis provided by the Proglodyte.
The DOI also included a list of indictments against King George that more closely resembles the daily work of Barry.
Trump, it should be noted, hasn't even taken office yet.
NobodyHere (2,189 posts)
1. Your point?
SCVDem (2,334 posts)
10. The point?
We have constitutional options to prevent a descent into fascism or socialism, IF the nation chooses to remain a United States of America.
If not, I'm glad to be living in California which will fight and resist federal intrusion.
The DOI is not the Constitution, dipshit.
There is no mechanism expressly stated within the Constitution for leaving the union.
If we take Madison's word for it (he wrote the Constitution) he wrote to Daniel Webster that the mechanism entailed the union voting to allow exit the same as the union voting to admit a new state.
But that was private correspondence, not codified in the Constitution.
elleng (73,186 posts)
5. With patience and difficulty.
Dunno, but could be combos with Senators Sanders, Warren, Schumer, Reps Ellison, Jamie Raskin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Raskin) and others. Let's consult!
TheFrenchRazor (862 posts)
20. secede. there is nothing in the constitution that prohibits it. nt
Have the Proglodytes found a new love for the confederate flag?
msongs (42,656 posts)
3. institute new government secession and form a new government. there it is nt
suston96 (4,131 posts)
6. And this famous jurist.......
The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it.
It is the creature of their will, and lives only by their will.
Chief Justice John Marshall, 1821
Ditto...
ObumbleCare
Welfare
Food Stamps
Public Education
Medicare
Medicaid
Green energy subsidies
Gay "marriage"
and everything else you assholes force on everybody else
0rganism (19,396 posts)
8. he also wrote...
"...And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
every person who signed that document was saying he was ready to put his life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness on the line for any of the other signers. are we there yet?
I doubt they would be willing to put the EBT and Medicare cards on the line.
Revolutions led by narcissists never end well for the narcissists.
It's almost as if narcissists have a tendency to overestimate their capabilities.
ffr (6,241 posts)
16. It'll probably take something like the republican recession of 2007 - 2009 or depression
Then, the people will say 'oh please, oh please, Democrats put our house back in order.' We'll put the house back in order and they'll say, '**** you, libtard! Make Murica Greet Gin!' and vote to put the KGOP back. And repeat.
Like I said, they overestimate their capabilities.
sl8 (655 posts)
11. Followed by:
...
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
...
Are you suggesting that we have already suffered a long train of abuses and usurpations, or is it more that you suspect they might lie ahead?
Some would say, "yes"...
But those people are too white for DU's tastes.
roamer65 (10,484 posts)
12. We may have to return to a confederation.
It may be the only way to keep it together. Regional differences may now be too great to support federation.
1789-1861 was a confederation, not a federation. The United States did not become a true federation until the surrender of the CSA at Appomattox, April 9, 1865.
YOHABLO (3,105 posts)
13. We won't have any gov't if we don't do something about the environment.
Darn. I guess you're stuck with Trump, then.
X_Digger (17,418 posts)
15. How'd that work out for the South?
Derp.
TheFrenchRazor (862 posts)
18. you are so clever. not. nt
Yeah!
This time it will be different.
This time, instead of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee the rebellion will be led by the hipster douchebags from Portlandia.
onenote (27,323 posts)
17. so now we're adopting Tea Party sloganeering?
Sure it is the right of the people to amend the constitution (which postdates the Declaration of Independence and is a legal compact). But try to remember that we're not the only "people" out there.
Why not?
You've been living off of our labor for everything else in your lives.
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