Group urges southerners to answer census race question with "Confederate Southern American"

[Danno 1,228]

You're wrong.

In Texas V. White the court was deciding a factual matter of law, the question of the sale and ownership of bonds by the state of Texas during the Civil War.

In order to take up the matter it first needed to establish jurisdiction in the case, which raised the question of whether Texas secession was legal in the first place. To answer that question, the court and Chief Justice Salmon Chase relied upon LAW. They did not "create" law, what they did was interpret existing law. Which law? Nothing less than the Constitution itself, the highest law in the land. From the ruling of the Majority Decision:

The words "to form a more perfect union" come from the Constitution, the mouths of the Framers themselves.

The logic of the following sentence interpret the idea of "more perfect union" and determine that they mean indissoluble and perpetual.

On that basis, secession from the United States by a legally admitted state is impossible.

Texas was legally admitted, under the Constitution.

Therefore Texas never seceded, nor did any other Southern state.

You may not like the decision. You may rant and rave and rail against it.

But it was decided. Factually and legally, and based upon interpretation of the Constitution by the majority of Court.

It was law. It is law.

Deal.

MAybe so but I know of one man who felt they had the Right.....when cooler heads were considering such things.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

Abraham Lincoln

[wayno 9]

I might just put that on the census for my nationality. I kind of like the idea. After all every one else puts all their previous ancestry down why can´t I if my ancestory was a certain part of this nation. Of course where I´m from, my ancestors fought against each other.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Redundant. "Confederate American" should be enough for anyone that can name a country that begins with "U".

As for me, I will enter "TEXAN" and leave it at that. If a man is a Texan, he will tell you so, if he isn't, why embarrass him?

[almaty 19]

i put chopf##k on mine..

[luckytxn 2,264]

I actually put Texan down on mine. What are they going to do about it?

[Fandango 1,439]

I don't know, the following does sound reasonable:

... people with ancestors who were citizens of the Confederate States of America should be entitled to ethnic identity and protection since the country no longer exists.

It was never a country to begin with!

[luckytxn 2,264]

It was its own country but of course the victors write the history as they want.

[Danno 1,228]

I wanted to offer up ONe mans opinion but somehow fumbled it into another post quote.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

Abraham Lincoln

Before the Civil war, it was assumed by many, that free peoples have the right to determine their political bonds. Isn't that what being "Free" means?

Before Lincoln was against it... he was for it.

[Nagishkaw 510]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB_qmRjetdE

[thongd4me 69]

Constitutionally, all you have to answer is how many people reside at your residence. If you feel generous, report ages and genders. Anything else is a violation of your 4th Amendment rights.

The Senseless Census.

The government has a neat way of doing whatever it wants

at whatever time it feels fit to do. I'm in favor of a strong federal

government but not a stupid one. A strong government that

protects people's rights across the board without sweating

the small stuff or nit-picking itself and it's citizens to death may

be too much to hope for. Doing more and more can have a

crippling effect. Sometimes being strong means having the

sense to say no to lots of demands, no matter how cool and

right they sound.

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

No, man.

i'm surprised someone didn't complain about you posting this pic.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

i'm surprised someone didn't complain about you posting this pic.

Why complain? The kitchen is impeccably clean. She can take a break until she is needed again.

[Nagishkaw 510]

And does anyone know why there is a bird cage on the table ??