[K-oneTexas]

This situation is just like a business partnership. Person 1 joins with Person 2 and forms a partnership. Each person has the right to dissolve the partnership.

The States came together (Parties 1-50) and formed a Union. What each State creates it can dissolve.

There is no language in the Constitution forbidding secession. There is no statute on the books passed by Congress forbidding secession.

We are a land of Laws. Many of them. None address this issue.

Therefore it is a viable option. It is, as was stated before in comments on this thread, a State's Rights issue and therefore would be protected under the 10th Amendment.

That pesky 10th Amendment thingy that the Feeds seems so hell-bent to trample!

[Non-Sequitur]

Person 1 joins with Person 2 and forms a partnership. Each person has the right to dissolve the partnership.

Ah, but does each person have the right to dissolve the partnership on their own? A more accurate analogy would be a company with 50 partners. New partners are added only with the approval of the existing partners. Since all partners have a stake in the overall corporation, then shouldn't they have all have say if the partnership is to be dissolved and their own interest impacted?

There is no language in the Constitution forbidding secession. There is no statute on the books passed by Congress forbidding secession.

There is no language in the Constitution allowing an individual state to tresspass on the interests of any other state, and a lot of language specifically disallowing it. Why should states be allowed to harm other states merely by leaving? Shouldn't the remaining states have a say in their own interests?

That pesky 10th Amendment thingy that the Feeds seems so hell-bent to trample!

The Constitution is not a club that allows one state to beat up on the other states merely by leaving.