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the throats of desperate child migrants with concertina wire before they bleed out into

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the Rio Grande. That's like when when tech crews is talking about like come and take it

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brother and they put the concertina wire on that fucking on that flag. He's saying like

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no, like we are our new states rights. Like we will succeed because we want to put

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concertina wire and booby traps on the Rio Grande so that incoming migrants that are like

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seeking asylum legally. We'll fucking die. We want to booby trap and kill children. Have

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them wash away in the Rio Grande insane stuff. On an even smaller level, some Americans

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have simply proclaimed their property to be an independent micro nation. For example,

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in 1998, Kevin Baugh declared his 11.3 acre property in the Nevada desert to be the

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Republic of Malaysia. And since 1998, President Baugh has ruled his micro nation as a benevolent

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dictator. I am president Kevin Baugh of the Republic of Malaysia, a tiny self-declared

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country within dog. This is so this is like libertarianism as an infantile disorder, but

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like at the maximum level. Okay. This is when you become like the most libertarian. Oh,

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it's so sick. Nevada. That's within the United States. We have everything that a nation

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should have bank stamps and the host office. To date, no country has recognized the legitimacy

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of this micro nation whose currency is tied to the price of cookie dough. Now, obviously

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if you're going to try and secede from the union, you're going to need a good lawyer.

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But if you want a great lawyer, my firm, this is not even a libertarian. Dude, he's dressed

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as Pinotje. Excuse me. What do you think Pinotje? What do you think Pinotje was? Pinotje

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is the ultimate libertarian. He is the fucking godfather of neoliberalism and action, forcible

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implementation of neoliberalism upon a upon an entire unsuspecting population after

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military coup is literally the most. Yeah, he's authoritarian capitalist. The Eagle team

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need a legal team. You need the Eagle team. Click on the link below. So let's jump right

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into it. Does the Constitution provide a right to unilaterally secede from the union?

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Well, to give everyone's favorite answer, it depends. No, actually, no. States and localities

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have zero constitutional right to declare themselves independent and break away from

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the United States. Any votes to secede unilaterally is just political virtue signaling and with zero

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legal effect. And yet the quote, constitutional right to secede is a myth that refuses to die.

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But for really interesting reasons, no state has bought into this mythical right to secede

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more than the lone star state. In fact, Texans love to repeat the legend that Texas, as

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a condition to joining the US, negotiated an annexation treaty, which grants them the

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unique right to unilaterally secede from the union and once again become the Republic

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of Texas. But you might be surprised to learn that the terms of the Texas annexation contain

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no such provision. But Texas won't be cowed by your big city fact-checking in literacy.

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As a result, these states conservative leaders, damn, dude. He's hammering. What the fuck?

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This is the most legal, this is the most legal is like straight ripped into a fucking American

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state, okay? Here's continued to falsely proclaim a right to secede. In June of 2022, Texas

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Republicans were once again whistling dixies by adding to its party platform that Texas

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retains the right to secede from the United States, declaring a right to nullify the federal

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laws they don't like under the 10th amendment and urging the Texas legislature to pass a

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referendum to determine whether or not the state of Texas should reassert its status as

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an independent nation. And in March of 2023, Texas state representative Brian Slayton

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introduced a bill to put said referendum on the November 2023 ballot. And just in time

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for the 2024 election, the Texas Supreme Court declined to take up a case from a conservative

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group that wanted to add Texas secession to this year's presidential primary ballot.

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But that raises the question, on what legal grounds do some Texans claim the state has

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a right to secede? Well, according to Daniel Miller, the president of the pro secession

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Texas nationalist movement, Texas. Yeah, you're right. That's true. The Republicans claim to be

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most unamerican thing you can do constantly constantly claiming that you want to secede from the United

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States of America is the least patriotic thing on the planet. Okay. If the American federal

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government had a fraction of the fucking balls that we believe it has, you would be turning

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shinjon into you would be turning Texas into shinjon. Okay. Constant around the clock surveillance

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on every separation is Texan. Okay. Literally one party loyalist member per family. I'm talking

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we are sending Will Stansel into the homes of every suburban fascist. Okay. Any kind of small

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business tyrant is going to get a democratic party loyalist to sit in their homes. Okay.

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Bup, Bup, Bup. Are you talking about secession? Guess what, dude? Oh, you want us to see? How

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about you see the inside of this reeducation camp? Boom. Rip its guts out. Re fucking build

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it as a, as a goddamn amusement park for everyone else to come and enjoy the beautiful

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culture of Texas. That's what I'm advocating for. Okay. Think about that. Reeducation

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camp for all the hogs in Texas that want to secede. No more separation as bullshit. Okay.

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This has an implied right to secede because the Constitution doesn't say it can't article

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one section 10 of the U.S. Constitution lists everything states are forbidden from doing. Yes,

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what's not in there with drawing. In addition, Miller claims the 10th amendment which says

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that the federal government only has power spelled out in the Constitution or not delegated

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by the states means that states can choose to leave. Now, this argument isn't completely

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insane. There is a canon of construction that allows you to interpret contracts or statutes

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by what is included. Specifically, it's based on the Latin phrase is used in generous,

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which means the company keeps. If you create a list of things and something is not included

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in that list, then you can assume that it was not meant to be included in that list.

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That being said, the argument is also similar to the one used in the movie. This chatter

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is right, dude. It's the airbud defense. Nothing in the rule book that says a dog can't play

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basketball. Oh, he's saying it literally. Oh, no, airbud. Basically, there's nothing

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in the Constitution that says you can't secede from the United States or that a dog can't

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play basketball. Oh my god. Anything in there says a dog can't play. It's right. Ain't

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no rules to the dog can't play basketball. So I wouldn't necessarily hang my hat on

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that argument. Most likely, airbud would be able to secede before Texas, especially because

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legal scholars and constitutional experts seem to overwhelmingly agree that the US Constitution

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does not allow for succession. For example, Stanford, Levison, who is a law professor at

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University of Texas, Austin said the quote, almost no lawyer would take that argument

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seriously. I do believe it is viewed as a closed question and courts that have weighed

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in on the issues of succession have always. Yeah, because all lawyers are lib tards, brother,

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what do you mean? What's the highest likelihood that you will become a liberal education?

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In order to become a lawyer, I'm pretty sure you need to go to get undergraduate degree

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at homosexual Marxist University. Okay. And then on top of that, you gotta go to law

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school. That's two different schools. Think about it, jot them down. In 2010, Alaska Supreme

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Court ruled that secession was illegal, and thus an initiative putting the question to

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a vote could not be placed on the ballot. So any effort to put a matter on the ballot

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in Texas would likely not be constitutional, either. Even the late Supreme Court Justice

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Antonin Scalia, who followed a strict form of constitutional interpretation, dubbed

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originalism, said that there's no legal basis for secession. And we learn Scalia's views

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on this matter in a quite unusual way. Back in 2006, legally minded screenwriter Daniel

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Turquoise wrote a letter to all nine Supreme Court justices for advice on a farcical script

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he was writing in which Maine sices from the U.S. and joins Canada leading to a climactic

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showdown at the Supreme Court. Scalia was the only justice to provide a substantive response

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to turquoise, and the late justice was unequivocal. To begin with, the U.S. is a fairly strong

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federation. Sessation is absolutely illegal and will be met with a full force of the American

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military as we decided by USA versus CSA, 1861 1865 states cannot conduct or poll. States

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cannot interfere in interstate commerce, while the EU is a pretty weak one. Yes. States

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cannot states cannot secede. We will claw back at any given foreign policy. States cannot

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secede. We will claw that back with actual force if necessary. Everybody has to see the

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top of the R. A. break. Okay. Unless they're subscribed. There is no way you can bulkenize

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the chat into people who are not subscribed and won't see the top of the R. A. break between

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those who are subscribed and won't see the top of the R. A. break. It doesn't work that

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way. God, that was rough. I'm sorry. I'm losing it. So fucking tired. Shut up. I know it sucked.

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I know it sucked. I'm tired. Okay. I haven't been able to adjust to live in Lovita, Loka and

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Los Angeles. Here's the 3 minute A. break. Regardless. Tomorrow, I'll be better. I promise.

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Ali cat me out. They give it the five get this up. I was allowing five people to know

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long. See the as the top of the hour with the answer to just the two hour difference. It's

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not the time difference, man. It's not the time difference. It's that I didn't sleep

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a lot when I was in Texas. And I like went to bed way, way, way, way later than I normally

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would answer is clear. If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War,

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it is that there is no right to secede. Hence, in the Pledge of Legends, one nation indivisible.

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The Justice also explained why a succession case would never end up before the Supreme Court.

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Quote, I find it difficult to envision who the parties