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In reply to the discussion: South Carolina Bill Would Criminalize Obamacare [View all]Bette
(65 posts)31. States rights??
Now you see, this is one of the many reasons we cannot give 'power' back to the states. They are all trying to outdo the next in stupid legislation. Not to mention, half of them trying to secede from the union! We can end up with 50 little 'territories' with their own private dictators in charge. That will go over well when we have to pay to get into and out of that state, ask the road drivers...new toll roads will sprout up...maybe even the need for 'papers' to proceed thru some. The possibilities are endless and the nightmares may just beginning...
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Agreed. I was hoping Obama would do this where the right-wingers were pushing voter suppression.
beerandjesus
Dec 2012
#37
they are right that the law is "invalid in this State, is not recognized by this State, is
onenote
Dec 2012
#5
I thought that President Abraham Lincoln set South Carolina straight about seceding from the union.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#11
"I will go to South Carolina and hang the first secessionist I see from the first tree I can reach"
Faygo Kid
Dec 2012
#16
Yes and Jackson was going to depend on North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee troops to do so
happyslug
Dec 2012
#27
I guess they're really excited by the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, but I didn't expect
struggle4progress
Dec 2012
#30
I think it's just wonderful that S. Carolina has 5 people so much smarter than the SCOTUS!
sinkingfeeling
Dec 2012
#39