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  • Re: (Trump call to) suspend the Constitution

    From Winston@21:1/5 to DirtBag on Sun Dec 4 15:55:39 2022
    DirtBag <rampworm@gmail.com> asked:
    What do you think of suspending the Constitution?

    to which I replied:
    Hard No. Don't care who said it or what excuse they've got.

    Also, kind of hard to take the oath of office to support and
    defend the Constitution if that happens.
    -WBE

    I should add:

    Since the Constitution is the basis for Federal government authority, if
    it were suspended, then the Federal government would have no authority,
    at all, except maybe whatever they can get at gunpoint.

    OTOH, if the Federal government has no legal authority, they couldn't
    require payment of Federal income taxes. :-/ Kind of tough on States
    whose income tax is tied to people's Federal tax.
    -WBE

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  • From DirtBag@21:1/5 to Winston on Sun Dec 4 17:52:56 2022
    On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 12:55:46 PM UTC-8, Winston wrote:
    DirtBag <ramp...@gmail.com> asked:
    What do you think of suspending the Constitution?
    to which I replied:
    Hard No. Don't care who said it or what excuse they've got.

    Also, kind of hard to take the oath of office to support and
    defend the Constitution if that happens.
    -WBE
    I should add:

    Since the Constitution is the basis for Federal government authority, if
    it were suspended, then the Federal government would have no authority,
    at all, except maybe whatever they can get at gunpoint.

    OTOH, if the Federal government has no legal authority, they couldn't
    require payment of Federal income taxes. :-/ Kind of tough on States
    whose income tax is tied to people's Federal tax.
    -WBE

    Agreed
    -=DB

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