NE3: Scott Doctrine Repeal (Law)

[Dr. Cynic]

I am strongly against this. Any attempt by any state to secede from the region should be met with swift action against it.

[Dr. Cynic]

I am strongly against this. Any attempt by any state to secede from the region should be met with swift action against it.

This bill has nothing to do with secession from the Northeast. This bill (as well the one it repeals) regards a situation in which a State attempts to secede from the Federal government. I can understand not wanting to have a legal avenue through which the Northeast itself should secede and I would be willing to get rid of that part via amendment but there are way too many possible exceptions for us to be obligated to prevent secession by "any means necessary."

No there aren't. Get rid of it or keep it, it makes no matter, I don't support the bill.

[Dr. Cynic]

I am strongly against this. Any attempt by any state to secede from the region should be met with swift action against it.

This bill has nothing to do with secession from the Northeast. This bill (as well the one it repeals) regards a situation in which a State attempts to secede from the Federal government. I can understand not wanting to have a legal avenue through which the Northeast itself should secede and I would be willing to get rid of that part via amendment but there are way too many possible exceptions for us to be obligated to prevent secession by "any means necessary."

No there aren't. Get rid of it or keep it, it makes no matter, I don't support the bill.

So...if the Federal government were to attempt to force, say, racial segregation on the Regions, or attempted to outlaw labor unions, and a State attempted to secede as a result, you believe that the Regional government should be bound by law to send troops to that State and coercively prevent it from seceding?

Don't be silly. That's something that would never happen, which you and I both know. There are other ways to deal with something like that, namely at the ballot box. If something like that did happen, say the legislation to outlaw labor unions came about (A farcical notion considering the political alignments in Atlasia as a whole), then why should a state take such an action? Something like that would cause a national outrage and it would be dealt with on election day or even before that. I'm sorry but I can't envisage a scenario whereby a state may leave Atlasia and it can be considered constitutional.

[Dr. Cynic]

Be my guest then. If the Scott Doctrine is useless, then we should repeal it.

[Dr. Cynic]

Nay