[gimme1ibertee]

Doesn't the Constitution provide that the states that want to secede needn't seek out permission from the government? Couldn't they just secede by force if necessary?
I'm not a Constitutional scholar; just posing the question. The only solutions I see to us wrestling our country from the grasp of the leftists is to "reset",either by revolution, or secession and possibly reuniting somewhere down the line.

Comments?

[FreeAtlanta]

If there were a valid threat of states leaving, the other states wouldn’t be in such a rush to abuse individual states... i.e. not letting Alaska drill for their own oil.

[RKBA Democrat]

In my view it’s not even a Constitutional question. Once things get to that point, it’s really more a question of ...so what’re ya gonna do to make ‘em stay? In the 1860’s we saw one response. I personally don’t think history would repeat itself in that respect, but you never know.

[central_va]

The US Constitution is silent on secession. IMO the 10th amendment implies a defacto right but there are differing opinions. If you read the early writings of political leaders during ratification, if secession had been made unconstitutional in the it would have NEVER been ratified by the 13 states.