Dear Debate Politics Members,
Both California and "United States of America" seem claiming republic status.
Wondering how two peoples and two representative sets may both claim supreme power.
With regard,
Anthony Brian Mallgren
Dear Debate Politics Members,
Both California and "United States of America" seem claiming republic status.
Wondering how two peoples and two representative sets may both claim supreme power.
With regard,
Anthony Brian Mallgren
Califirnia isn't going anywhere. They just have trouble accepting adversity that is not of their own making.
BTW, welcome to D.P.!
What true American benefits by the calculated removal of a duly elected president by means of a smear campaign? None that I can think of.
It's hard to match the burning, visceral hate a liberal can bring to bear.
They don't, in the case of California "Republic" is just a term of usage within the State. The official name is the State of California. Technically they are sovereign within their State borders, but subordinate to the Federal government for national policy, etc. It comes from the short history of the existence of California as a Republic:Originally Posted by Latium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_RepublicThe California Republic was a short-lived, unrecognized breakaway state that, for twenty-five days in 1846, militarily controlled the area to the north of the San Francisco Bay in the present-day state of California.
It's similar to a Texan saying he is from the Republic of Texas.
Texas had just under 10 years of Independence before becoming a U.S. State.On March 1, 1836 the Convention of 1836 came to order, and the next day declared independence from Mexico, establishing the Republic of Texas. On October 13, 1845, a large majority of voters in the republic approved both the American offer and the proposed constitution that specifically endorsed slavery and emigrants bringing slaves to Texas.[29] This constitution was later accepted by the US Congress, making Texas a US state on the same day annexation took effect, December 29, 1845.
Other States call themselves other things like the Commonwealth of New York.
Last edited by Captain Adverse; 12-17-16 at 10:29 PM.
If I stop responding it doesn't mean I've conceded the point or agree with you. It only means I've made my point and I don't mind you having the last word.Please wait a few minutes before "quoting" me. I often correct errors for a minute or two after I post before the final product is ready.
I guess I don't understand the question. California can't call themselves a republic? Why not? They have a constitution and a representative legislature that upholds it.
At one time in america states were actually republics, however that is no longer true.
Why you may ask, because today referendums and the electoral process within a state is democratic, where it once was not.
The states have been turned into democratic forms by the people and the USSC.
Additionally, Vermont was an independent republic before joining the Union, and Hawaii was an independent kingdom.
If you feel a need to "reinterpret" the Constitution, you must know that what you want to do is unconstitutional.
"AND WHEN THE LAST LAW WAS DOWN, AND THE DEVIL TURNED 'ROUND ON YOU, WHERE WOULD YOU HIDE, ROPER, THE LAWS ALL BEING FLAT?"
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