you know I hear this all the time about it being illegal and yet the revolution was illegal according to some and some were branded traitors
not to get into an arguement but could you show me where it states it is illegal,
thanks in advance
not to get into an arguement but could you show me where it states it is illegal, thanks in advance
Of course the American Revolution was illegal. That's why it was called a rebellion. It was a rebellion against the presiding legal authority, and the actions of the Founders were illegal under the existing British laws.
The difference is that the Founders were successful in their rebellion, and thus were able to abrogate the laws in favor of new ones, while Britain conceded to and recognized the new authority. The South was not successful, and thus never established a new authority. They therefore remain today, and legally remained during the Civil War, under the authority of the US Constitution.
Since they remained under the Constitution, that means that they are bound by the legal rulings of the Supreme Court. They ruled that the manner of secession attempted by the South was illegal, in Texas v. White. They also stated that the proper, legal way to exit the Union was to do so in the same way as they got in: by consent of the other members of the Union.