Mon Apr 14, 2014, 08:37 AM

MohRokTah (15,429 posts)

WI GOP to vote on secession at state convention

It's a moot point since the SCOTUS ruled in Texas v. White 74 U.S. 700 (1869) that no state can unilaterally secede from the union, but the teabaggers were never ones to accept constitutional law.

To secede or not to secede.

That will be the question for Wisconsin Republicans at next month's convention.

Earlier this month, the party's Resolutions Committee voted in favor of a proposal that says the state party "supports legislation that upholds Wisconsin's right, under extreme circumstances, to secede."

A version of the so-called "state sovereignty" resolution was first OK'd last month by one of the state GOP's eight regional caucuses as an assertion of the state's 10th Amendment rights. The measure also calls for ending all mandates that go "beyond the scope of the constitutionally delegated powers of the federal government.

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Link to Milwaukee-Wisconsin Sentinal Journal article.

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WI GOP to vote on secession at state convention (Original post)	MohRokTah	Apr 2014	OP
It will be interesting to see what will happen if they do. nt	raccoon	Apr 2014	#1
Will they change their name to Cheddar-stan?	mac56	Apr 2014	#2
I'm pretty sure that if you secede	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Apr 2014	#3
From your keyboard to God's ears LOL!	catbyte	Apr 2014	#4
This^	OffWithTheirHeads	Apr 2014	#5
n/t	Hayduke Bomgarte	Apr 2014	#8
Dog Whistle for ACA	CatholicEdHead	Apr 2014	#6
If the Wisconsin GOP would like to secede themselves from the US, it's very easy.	tanyev	Apr 2014	#7

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Mon Apr 14, 2014, 08:43 AM

raccoon (30,935 posts)

1. It will be interesting to see what will happen if they do. nt

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Mon Apr 14, 2014, 08:46 AM

mac56 (17,501 posts)

2. Will they change their name to Cheddar-stan?

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Mon Apr 14, 2014, 08:47 AM

Erich Bloodaxe BSN (14,733 posts)

3. I'm pretty sure that if you secede

you don't get to continue to vote in elections held by the country from which you seceded, or hold office in same.

I really am beginning to think the country would be immensely better if we could simply carve out a state's worth of land somewhere, and let all these nutcases have what they really want, their own little Somalia, and even pay to help them all move there. They'd no longer be dragging the rest of us to the right, and take their lunatic politicians with them. It would be 'win-win', with them getting an anarchist paradise, and the rest of us getting rid of them. And no 'backsies'. Once they go, they lose their US citizenship permanently and can't get it back. Put them on the border somewhere, and build a serious wall, and make illegal entry from 'dumbfuckistan' an offense punishable with 20 years in jail before deportation back. Don't even grant them visas to visit.

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Mon Apr 14, 2014, 09:03 AM

catbyte (33,097 posts)

4. From your keyboard to God's ears LOL!

Welcome to DU!

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Mon Apr 14, 2014, 09:15 AM

OffWithTheirHeads (10,337 posts)

5. This^

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Mon Apr 14, 2014, 09:35 AM

Hayduke Bomgarte (1,965 posts)

8. n/t

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Mon Apr 14, 2014, 09:17 AM

CatholicEdHead (9,740 posts)

6. Dog Whistle for ACA

" The measure also calls for ending all mandates that go "beyond the scope of the constitutionally delegated powers of the federal government. "

This is a dog whistle for the ACA in the immediate term and can easily be pushed towards all Medicare, Social Security, and Gun Control.

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Mon Apr 14, 2014, 09:24 AM

tanyev (40,889 posts)

7. If the Wisconsin GOP would like to secede themselves from the US, it's very easy.

One way plane tickets may be purchased at expedia.com.

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