The Absurd GOP

[The Grand Nudger]

The legal right to revoke ratification, and the good ole extralegal (or natural, if we prefer) right of revolution the country was created by. That's what that line is based on, though it might not be a satisfying answer to the rhetorical question.

The matter wasn't settled until after the war, in 1869. Both things ruled unconstitutional, obvs.

[Thumpalumpacus]

When very stupid people make the claim that the Civil War wasn't about slavery, but about state's rights, I've found it very useful to ask them, 'State's rights to do WHAT, exactly?'

Boru

Those same dolts are most often unaware that the Confederate constitution directly and explicitly forbade member states from outlawing slavery or harboring fugitive slaves. In other words, states had no right to decide slavery for themselves.

States' rights. *snort*

[Nanny]

That fact no longer exists. It has been replaced by the inspirational stories from the Ministry of Truth and all contrary "facts" have been tossed in the memory hole. Now tune to Fox for the two minutes hate.