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    If sovereignty is divisible, then multiple sovereign bodi... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→There can be only one sovereign body in the world, namely the human race as a whole.

    If sovereignty is divisible, then multiple sovereign bodies can coexist without logical contradiction, defeating the indivisibility premise.

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    • 1.Federal systems demonstrate that territorial sovereignty can be divided between national and regional governments without logical contradiction.
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    • 2.Functional sovereignty (control over specific domains like taxation or defense) can be distributed among bodies, each supreme in their domain.
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    • 3.The indivisibility premise assumes sovereignty is a monolithic property, but it may be conceptually decomposable into distinct, compatible powers.
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    • 1.When conflicts arise between divided sovereigns (e.g., federal vs. state law), one authority must have ultimate decision-making power, restoring indivisibility.
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    • 2.Dividing sovereignty into separate domains merely relocates the problem: some meta-authority must determine which body governs each domain.
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    • 3.Multiple simultaneous sovereigns over the same territory creates the logical contradiction the indivisibility premise identifies as impossible.
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