re: #416 Vicious Babushka

If some state legislature actually votes to withdraw from the Union, Federal gov. can put an end to that real quick, they won’t even have to arrest the entire state legislature like Lincoln did with Maryland.

But why? What’s the compelling interest in doing that, beyond simply imposing our will. This won’t be like the 1800’s, when every state that left openly stated that maintaining slavery was the reason.

If you’re openly advocating the use of massive military power to bring them to bear, fine I guess, but lets be honest about what that means, huge numbers of American casualties.

I’m just not convinced that should such a situation come to pass that popular will for forcing any fleeing states back into the fold will be (or even should be) there.