[Aurelius]

"However, there is no right to state unilateral secession under U.S. law. "

This assertion is perfectly characteristic of your typically muddled thinking. Rights do not exist under the law, they exist or they don't completely independently of the law, U.S. or any other. Only privileges can be established or denied under the law. An authority that recognizes a right only if the claimant to that right has the power to enforce its claim by force is called a tyranny.

[WhiskeyPapa]

"However, there is no right to state unilateral secession under U.S. law. "

This assertion is perfectly characteristic of your typically muddled thinking.

I guess we are back to the "Bill of Privileges" thing again.

Walt