The Supreme Court has NEVER EVER ruled on secession, not once. If it had been illegal at the time of the War, the leaders of the CSA would have been tried for TREASON after the war, but they weren’t, because the govt was afraid the court would (correctly) rule that the South had the right to secede.
I do hope the time comes when Texas does exercise it’s God given right to be free, I’ll be happy to join the cause. If/when it does happen, I’m sure we won’t ask for permission anyway. Free people do what free people do.
My final thought is this.....10th Amendment, enough said.
Texas v. White made it very clear that unilaeral state succession is illegal.
The union between Texas and the other states is perpetual and indissoluble.
When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation. All the obligations of perpetual union, and all the guaranties of republican government in the Union, attached at once to the State. The act which consummated her admission into the Union was something more than a compact; it was the incorporation of a new member into the political body. And it was final. The union between Texas and the other States was as complete, as perpetual, and as indissoluble as the union between the original States. There was no place for reconsideration or revocation, except through revolution or through consent of the States.
because the govt was afraid the court would (correctly) rule that the South had the right to secede
Then why did the court rule that Texas did NOT have the right to secede?
Jeff Davis bravely begged for a trial but one was never granted.