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"Article one,Section 10, Clause 3: No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State"

2 things here:

One, you offered your evidence in the same manner I provided mine. This means you still have not done so (by your logic)

and

Two, the States in question having LEFT the Union prior to joining a Confederation (and NOT vice versa) makes this arguement null.

"Section 8 Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; "

When did the South invade? And how does being in a different country, and/or leaving a country, constitute "insurrection"?

I could renounce my US citizenship right now. Would that mean the US would then have every right to chase me down with guns?

"Nor shall any State keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, "...

Go ahead, finish the quote.

Read the part where it states "unless actually invaded"

2things here: One, you offered your evidence in the same manner I provided mine. This means you still have not done so (by your logic)

No, because it is very clear what the South had violated by making a compact with another state.

You have yet to give me a constitutional reason for secession.

and Two, the States in question having LEFT the Union prior to joining a Confederation (and NOT vice versa) makes this arguement null.

No it does not since they do not a right to leave the Union.

"Section 8 Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; " When did the South invade? And how does being in a different country, and/or leaving a country, constitute "insurrection"? I could renounce my US citizenship right now. Would that mean the US would then have every right to chase me down with guns?

If you fire on a U.S. Fort you would be in rebellion now wouldn't you?

So the South thought it could just take armories and forts that were Federal, as if they owned them.

Nor shall any State keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State, "... Go ahead, finish the quote. Read the part where it states "unless actually invaded"

And the rest of that quote states that is due to an emergency situation.

There was no emergency situation for the formation of the Confederacy, which was in violation of the Constitution they had agreed to.