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Originally Posted by martinguerre
mire...i claim rights as a minnesotan that i couldn't get many other places. the constitution of my state is different than every other states, and will offer different rights and responsibilities.
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And I claim rights as an Arizonan. Arizona has it's own constitution. But that does not make me a citizen of Arizona. I am a citizen of the United States, my passport has the seal of the United States, and not the State seal of Arizona. Both Minnesota and Arizona, as well as the other 48 states do not have the power to override the laws set fourth by the US congress.
The land defined by borders as Minnesota belongs to Minnesota, but it also belongs to the United States. Minnesota cannot secede from the United States because the United States has claim over Minnesota. There are also 48 other states that cannot secede (Texas is the exception as they were once their own country).
When was the last time you drove on an Interstate highway? That was a road that belongs to the US and not the state you were in while driving on that road.