Jamelle Bouie: No, Nikki Haley, the Constitution does not say that
“The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status."
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“The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status."
Daniel Webster left politics in 1817, the year he finished his second term as a U.S. congressman representing New Hampshire.
From the commentary, "Also, long-delayed before Congress is the proposed Civics Secures Democracy Act, which aims to improve civics and history education. It is fully discussed here. Concerned Americans should contact their senators and representatives to urge them to adopt the Act."
“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!” so declared Sen. Daniel Webster in ending his famous 1830 reply in the U.S. Senate to South Carolina Sen. Robert Hayne’s
Earlier this year there was again talk of secession.