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spazzmann

(748 posts) Tue Apr 2, 2013, 01:23 PM Apr 2013

Today in Peace and Justice history on April 2, 1970

 Massachusetts, in the midst of the Vietnam war, enacted a law which exempted its citizens from having to fight in an undeclared war.  The U.S. Congress had never formally declared war on North Vietnam as required by Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. http://bit.ly/YZf26a

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Today in Peace and Justice history on April 2, 1970 (Original Post) spazzmann Apr 2013 OP

How did that work out? former9thward Apr 2013 #1

former9thward

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1. How did that work out?

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Tue Apr 2, 2013, 01:28 PM

Apr 2013

States can't overrule federal law. Besides Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution (based on a fabricated incident) in 1964 which authorized military force in Vietnam. That was effectively a declaration of war.

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