[rustbucket]

Not allowing Congress to set the rules for secession was a barrier.

In their 1790 act, Congress didn't say that the acts of the state legislatures except secession were authenticated by ...

You apparently wish to insert the words, "except secession", into the 1790 act.

[#3Fan]

In their 1790 act, Congress didn't say that the acts of the state legislatures except secession were authenticated by ... You apparently wish to insert the words, "except secession", into the 1790 act.

I just wish to read the Constitution and it says Congress may prescribe laws for states to prove their acts and their effects. Seceding states must give Congress that opportunity.