States Can Curb Federal Power through “Soft Secession”
The use of interstate compacts by US states shows that the states don't need the federal government to dictate or manage interstate relations.
Secession
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Lincoln’s Main Target Was “Anarchy” and Secession, Not Slavery
Once the Southern states accepted the Thirteenth Amendment, Lincoln was entirely content for the old Southern elites to resume their positions of power and for many blacks to continue in a condition little better than bondage.
Do We Need a “National Divorce”? It’s Not a New Idea
We are hearing calls both from right and left for an amicable national divorce. In truth, the states were never "hitched" in the first place, at least not by any plausible definition of marriage.
If at First You Don’t Secede . . .
David Gordon explores how Abraham Lincoln's stated view on secession was fundamentally Hobbesian, cynical, and violent.
Lincoln’s Main Target Was “Anarchy” and Secession, Not Slavery
Once the Southern states accepted the Thirteenth Amendment, Lincoln was entirely content for the old Southern elites to resume their positions of power and for many blacks to continue in a condition little better than bondage.
Do We Need a “National Divorce”? It’s Not a New Idea
We are hearing calls both from right and left for an amicable national divorce. In truth, the states were never "hitched" in the first place, at least not by any plausible definition of marriage.
If at First You Don’t Secede . . .
David Gordon explores how Abraham Lincoln's stated view on secession was fundamentally Hobbesian, cynical, and violent.
Secession Is Inevitable. War to Prevent It Is Optional.
The answer lies not in doubling down on political unity, maintained through endless violence or threats of violence. Rather, the answer lies in peaceful separation.
Secession: Should the American Revolutionaries Have Quit to Appease the Loyalists?
Opponents of secession say secession is wrong if some people in the population don't want it and say they will be worse off. The American revolutionaries disagreed and seceded anyway.
Debunked: “Red States Are Just Welfare Queens”
Would red-state America be a "third world country" without support from the federal government?
