'Secessions' only existence is in the minds of those who oppose our Constitutional principles.
Those principles can be applied to the Federal government, by the States, to force the feds to comply, or vice versa.
The people have never authorized any level of government the power to violate our Constitution, nor to secede.
221 jones
I would have liked to see you explain that one to Southerners in 1861....I bet you would have taken a long fall at the end of a very short rope........
230 TexConfederate1861
Yep, that's what lynch mobs do.. They hang men for defending Constitutional principles of life/liberty/property.
It's exactly why why had to fight a war to settle the question of 'states rights' over individual rights. - Mob rule over the rule of Constitutional law.
233 jones
No....they hang traitors to their home, and state.
Your first loyalty should be to your STATE, then so on....
Show me in the Constitution where secession is FORBIDDEN....
244 TexConfederate1861
Sorry son, but 50 years ago I swore an oath to support & defend our United STATES Constitution.
-- Which doesn't forbid secession, -- since it makes it unnecessary, if its principles are followed.
Mob rule violates its principles.
The founding fathers felt differently. Robert E. Lee swore the same oath, but felt that his first loyalty was to his home. That is simply a basic rule. You don't turn against your kith and kin....or maybe they DO up north!