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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit - Your Support of the Confederate Flag Makes You a Traitor [View all]LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)66. Nikki Haley: TAKE DOWN THAT FLAG - Because Yes, You Can!!
How can South Carolina's Governor Nikki Haley remove the State's Symbol of Hate, the Confederate Flag from its' Capitol Grounds immediately? By Issuing an Executive Order.
Any Governor in America's 50 States has the Right to Issue an Executive Order, regardless to what the state law says. In fact, in clear defiance of South Carolina's Complied State Laws to be exact."Executive orders as issued by the governor are not laws, but do have the same binding nature. Executive orders are usually based on existing constitutional or statutory powers of the Governor and do not require any action by the state legislature to take effect.
Executive orders are numbered sequentially for a calendar year and may address agency closings due to inclement weather, may call the legislature into special session, may address county or city officials who have violated their elected positions."
http://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/handle/10827/22
Read more: http://j.mp/NikkiHaleyRemoveTheFlag
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The Rude Pundit - Your Support of the Confederate Flag Makes You a Traitor [View all]
meegbear
Jun 2015
OP
Ta-Nehisi Coates today gives a quote that should put that "just our heritage" argument to rest.
enough
Jun 2015
#2
I'm proud to say I don't know a single person that thinks that flag is anything but crap.
erronis
Jun 2015
#9
The Confederacy was literally, as in they wrote it out, on paper, founded on slavery....
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#20
Yah, and there were black slave traders, too.. Big Deal! That was THEN and This is NOW!
vkkv
Jun 2015
#29
There is no meaning separate from slavery. They wrote it down and spelled it out.
arcane1
Jun 2015
#30
+1 I find broad-brush applications offensive. Do racists like to display the old dixie flag?
jonno99
Jun 2015
#77
Bullshit. The difference is that between the late 1600's and 1861 is that the majority of the people
LondonReign2
Jun 2015
#36
Strawman, no one said the flag made anyone do anything... it's a symbol of hate... that's it
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#78
The WHITE FLAG of SURRENDER is the only VALID FLAG for the former Confederate States.
vkkv
Jun 2015
#26
Everytime I've seen the Confederate flag on a person being either in/on a truck or...
BlueJazz
Jun 2015
#41
Yes. I've spent quite a few years down here and I've come to the sad conclusion >
BlueJazz
Jun 2015
#62