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Chris -- 2018-04-11
An eggcornish substitution, in that after seceding from a state, you form a successor state. Examples:
However, there was no provision in the Constitution, even in the generous 9th Amendment, that allowed for violent succession from the Union …
forums.military.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/972196131/m/9690007720001
This case was about a violent succession from the former Yugoslavia.
listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0202&L=justwatch-l&D=0&P=16827
Savoy Meeting to Plot Succession from French Republic…
Article from Reuters news agency.
www.americancivilrightsreview.com/dv1france1savoy.html
The party advocated Quebec’s succession from Canada.
www.canadiangeographic.ca/mapping/mappi … a/1977.asp
According to the Chinese government, Xinjiang has been an “inseparable” part… the Uighurs made two attempts at succession.
www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/china401/facts.html
The Mormons run a shadow government within the government and it’s no different from a succession from the United States.
extras.sltrib.com/tribtalk/showthread.php?t=2168&page=2
Civil war in southern Philippines…
Their aim is succession from the national government.
www.religioustolerance.org/war_phil.htm
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