[fahraint]

That was an opinion of a man.....nearly one million died to debate it. He is not right because his side won......I repeat, there is absolutely zero in the US Constitution that prohibits secession. There wasnt in 1861, and there still isnt.

[JRandomFreeper]

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it

/johnny

[moonshot925]

That was an opinion of a man

Roger Taney was Chief Justice of the United States for 28 years. His word has some authority.

I also gave you a Supreme Court case, Texas v. White, which came to the conclusion that the Texas ordinance of secession was absolutely null.

[Leaning Right]

there is absolutely zero in the US Constitution that prohibits secession

Correct. And that would seem to argue for the legality of secession. On the other hand, the Constitution does not mention any possible mechanism for secession. That would indicate that secession is illegal.

This is yet another case where the Founders were just plain sloppy. So it just comes down to might makes right.