[NTHockey]

For anyone who says “Let California go”, would you have felt the same way in 1861? Would you have agreed with the sentiment after 1865, and persisting until recently, that secession is unlawful?

I am no fan of California and its destructive politics; however, if it was wrong for the Confederacy to secede, then it is wrong now. Live with it, California.

[jjotto]

Congress did not approve Confederate states’ secession. Congress could approve California’s.

[trebb]

Most of us are saying to let California go with tongue-in-cheek - and making comments about how we might not be steered so far left due to its and other dense liberal pockets electoral votes, etc.

Was it really illegal for the South to try to secede way back then or did the Federal Government overreach - I'd wager more atrocities were performed by the North than the South.