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Your civics is weak... he would also need to buy the Judiciary and the Executive branches In practice, owning the legislature would probably suffice. There are
by asciilifeform 15y ago
Your civics is weak... he would also need to buy the Judiciary and the Executive branches
In practice, owning the legislature would probably suffice. There are provisions for a Congressionally-declared state of martial law.
Confederate States of America
This last one is a good guide to what will happen if a state were to "revoke its consent to be governed."
- philwelch 15y ago"There are provisions for a Congressionally-declared state of martial law." Where? I've read the entire Constitution and didn't find anything of the kind. And amending the Constitution requires the approval of 3/4 of the state legislatures.