23 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Jun \ parent \ on: Why America is Ready to Elect a Felon President news
There's also an interesting interpretation that I think the founders would have been split on. Because it says "levying against them", a secessionist group would not be treasonous if the only war they were willing to fight was a defensive one.
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34 sats \ 2 replies \ @freetx 6 Jun
True, and to a similar degree, we commonly call it the "Civil War" however that term implies 2 bodies fighting for control of a single state.
The US South wanted to break away, there was no "civil war"
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23 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Jun
You're preaching to the choir on that one.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 6 Jun
I guess fort Sumter in South Carolina was federal property
Maybe I am confusing the name of the fort. My civil war trivia is rusty
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