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“You've got to give me more details here. What is the scenario you're imagining, that a state gets the permission of congress to secede, but the administration calls out the troops anyway?”

Let's Use Idaho's Sister State as a example

If the Supreme Court ruled against the interest of the State of Montana would they be Free to go? With only consent of only a few States?

These are the other States that defended individual Rights
http://www.nraila.org/heller/proamicusbriefs/07-290_amicus_texas.pdf

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56914

“A collective rights decision in [the pending court case] Heller would not only violate Montana's contract for statehood, but also Montana's customs, culture and heritage. We hope the Supreme Court will recognize and credit the contract argument, an argument unmentioned in any of the briefs submitted in the Heller case,” said Gary Marbut, the president of the Montana Shooting Sports Association.

The Montana contract is archived as Article I of the Montana Constitution. At the time the then-territory's “Compact with the United States” was agreed to by Congress, the Montana Constitution included the “right of ‘any person’ to bear arms,”

If the Supreme Court ruled against the interest of the State of Montana would they be Free to go? With only consent of only a few States?

Then the answer is no. Montana was admitted to the union with the vote of the majority of states. It can't leave with only a few. It's options are to accept the decision of the court, as they agreed when they asked to be admitted to the union, to gather support for a constitutional amendment that would negate the court's decision, to find more support in congress for their departure from the union, or rebellion.