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To: Non-Sequitur
Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 through 3.

Article I Section 10.

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.

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, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Sure looks like a listing of things that states are prohibited from doing all right but I STILL can't discern a single word or phrase about secession.

148 posted on 02/17/2010 6:30:17 PM PST by Bigun ("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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To: Bigun
Sure looks like a listing of things that states are prohibited from doing all right but I STILL can't discern a single word or phrase about secession.

Most of them are actions that if taken could have a negative impact on the other states, hence the need for permission or the fact that they were prohibited. Secession is another action that could have a negative impact on the other states, hence the need for permission to do that should be implied.

154 posted on 02/18/2010 4:21:31 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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