Spain's top court orders halt to Catalan independence process
• http://www.telegraph.co.ukMadrid government appeals to Constitutional Court to stop "destruction" of Spanish nation, as regional police are ordered to report instances of sedition and rebellion
The right of non-association is fundamental to freedom. Abrogation of this right is logically equivalent to slavery. We in the U.S. "screwed the pooch" by not letting the southern states break free, by inflicting a civil war on those states that sought freedom from federal rule. Today history is repeating itself apparently in Spain. This is a good example of the fact that governments will stop at nothing to retain their power.