be sure & show everyone WHERE in the US Constitution (or ELSEWHERE in the laws of the USA, for that matter) UNILATERAL SECESSION is outlawed. HINT: such a prohibition is ONLY in the IGNORANT, SELF-important, tiny minds of the most radical of unionist lunatics & STATISTS/FASCISTS (like BHO, for example).
face it "Bro", you have a "non starter" there, that is NEITHER truthful nor logical. instead, it is simply FOOLISH & UN-educated.
had ANY of the original states believed that "once in, never out" was the rule, NONE of the 13 states would have joined that (highly experimental) union.
free dixie,sw
"be sure & show everyone WHERE in the US Constitution (or ELSEWHERE in the laws of the USA, for that matter) UNILATERAL SECESSION is outlawed." In 1860 the issue was argued in two ways, as I understand it:
- The US Constitution is a legal contract amongst the states, which cannot be broken by any one of them without the approval of all. In other words, states wishing to secede must apply to Congress for permission.
- It was also said the Articles of Confederation were explicitly perpetual, and since the new US Constitution was to "form a more perfect union," that term could not imply the right of secession.
But the real argument was: even though the Constitution does not explicitly forbid secession, it does forbid "rebellion," "insurrection," and "domestic violence," all of which the South clearly committed against federal property and people -- starting even before some states seceded.
Therefore it was a "War of Southern Rebellion," with full Constitutional sanction.