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BurnDoubt

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9. So... if, say... California decided to...

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 04:31 PM

Jun 27

Deport people whose social media accounts contain "objectionable violent rhetoric" or content deemed racist or un-American?
Could the State confiscate their property and build pickle-ball courts?

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The SCOTUS Decision in a Nutshell [View all] edhopper Jun 27 OP

Is bringing slavery back their ultimate goal? dem4decades Jun 27 #1

Well they are getting rid Tree Lady Jun 27 #6

Work farms for people who look at stuff they shouldn't online or don't look like you. BurnDoubt Jun 27 #11

I've always thought it was. ananda Jun 27 #13

Ultimately this road goes to dissolving the Union into a loose aggregation of nearly autonomous states... BurnDoubt Jun 27 #14

OK North Coast Lawyer Jun 27 #17

Certainly that's a part of it. soldierant Jun 27 #16

Like the Founding Fathers intended. rubbersole Jun 27 #2

"Americans dreaded democracy and contrived their constitution against it." Lord Acton Ping Tung Jun 27 #3

re: "micronations" TnDem Jun 27 #4

Exactly LostinRed Jun 27 #10

Given this, any state can now secede! RainCaster Jun 27 #5

I live there and if we join Canada Tree Lady Jun 27 #7

edhopper dlilafae Jun 27 #8

So... if, say... California decided to... BurnDoubt Jun 27 #9

Not California, SCOTUS would quickly rule against them edhopper Jun 27 #15

Link IrishBubbaLiberal Jun 27 #12