[central_va]

The majority of Constitutional scholars would say that the Constitution does not codify one way or another the issue of state secession.

[EternalVigilance]

Secession is contrary to the first stated purpose of the Constitution.

Violent secession is contrary to several more of those stated purposes.

The Constitution is not a national suicide pact. That’s axiomatic. Wouldn’t be much of a national Constitution if it was.

[Partisan Gunslinger]

The majority of Constitutional scholars would say that the Constitution does not codify one way or another the issue of state secession.

But a majority would say Congress can make the general rules for acts of states, as Article IV says.