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So far, I stand by my prediction that this won't turn into an attempt to re-do (equally or more strict) the isolation measures previously done and abandoned. But if people want to hypothesize for the sake of crafting an ACW2 scenario far be it from me to stop you.

The political situation would have to change dramatically in ways I cannot anticipate for domestic wartime first use of nukes to be put on the table even in the most drastic of military situations. Then again, it's possible for that to happen in civil war.

I'm not worried about that specific fear. Treaties don't supercede the constitution, and people aren't on board for another mismanaged pandemic. They might get the vax but it's just another flu shot to them at this point, even to most people advocating the vax. With only a tiny fraction of...

Bacle, I think the likelihood of a scenario where nuclear weapons are militarily necessary yet not politically counterproductive is a very very small subset. I would agree that it's a nonzero subset of all hypothetical scenarios of armed domestic conflict within the USA. But you're making it...

What, because they betrayed their gender?

So many people have this failure of imagination where the ony possible use of nukes is 0, 1, or "darken the sky". I blame the Cold War.

If 3/4 of the states need to approve of whatever they come up with I don't think you have to be terrified of it. Either because it has the support of 3/4 of the states, or because it doesn't matter. Very few people would support a new constitution that attempts to ignore the old constitution's...

Whether it's logistics, skill, or morale, anybody resting their analysis on "the other guys will quickly fold while our guys stand firm" would be very surprised in the event that any of this happens. But really I would expect the military to be the determining factor. I understand what has been...

Eh, I think a lot of the doom predictions from 20+ years ago were on much more shaky ground, like "their economy can't possibly keep running this hot!" versus reasons I'm hearing in the last 3-5 years that are more specific and articulable, and their proponents can show evidence of major...

It depends on the circmstances existing at the time. One could say something very similar about the likely reaction to universal uncompensated abolition in 1861. I have to disagree with the characterization that DC could only be threatened by a force able to wage conventional warfare. It does...

Certainly there are countless hypothetical scenarios where the use of nukes is inconceivable; there are, however, hypothetical scenarios where it's a serious question. I think it's foolish to jump all the way to talk of nukes with no context as to how we got there or what else is going on in the...

0/5ths of a citizen, according to Taney; 3/5ths of a free person for the purpose of Census enumeration. The Census counts people, not citizens. As for biology ... but it's been pointed out that this is pretty tangential to the thread topic unless one of us is prepared to posit this being a...

I agree that not all people are citizens. The Whispering Monk ended on a good note.

14th amendment: "1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Citizenship descending from one's parents is statutorily defined but also, to my understanding, depends on...

What makes a fetus an American citizen?