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> To me, the additional clause you showed just says that the federal government shall protect the states against invasions. What?! How do you see that? The "

> To me, the additional clause you showed just says that the federal government shall protect the states against invasions. What?! How do you see that? The ", and" below is a conjunction, it's joining one commitment and another into a list of commitments made to the States: | The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; ... That clearly does not predicate one commitment upon the other. It's just a list of commitments.

aw1621107 7y ago
> What?! How do you see that? The key word in my comment is "additional", which was intended to indicate that I was replying to "and shall protect each of them against Invasion". I have to admit it's also partially my fault since I didn't notice at the time that you are not the same person who made the original comment I replied to, so I left out some context. Otherwise I agree that it is just a list of commitments.