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For example FR is a free association. You can leave any time. You don't need to justify why.

However if you try to leave and take a couple of Jim Robinson's servers with you then he might have an issue. When the Southern states left they walked out with every bit of government property they could get their hands on and repudiated responsibility for debt built up and obligations entered into by the country as a whole while they were a part, leaving the remaining states to bear the burden and suffer the loss. Don't you think they deserved a say in the matter before being screwed over?

Oh, and my head didn't explode.

Don't you think they deserved a say in the matter before being screwed over?

What I think doesn't figure into it. There are no critera stated therefore there are only two options. (1) You can't do it. (2) You don't need to justify why you did it. In the example you gave about taking Jim's servers with you the answer is that you don't have the right to do it. No matter what justification for taking the servers you give.

Since the constitution does not place any requirements on secession they would not be required to pay any debts or return any properties. Of course what the law requires and what you are likely to get away with are two very different matters. You can walk into a biker bar, insult the biggest guy in the room, his gang, his mother, and his bike and then try to walk out. While everything you did was covered under freedom of speech and association you are highly unlikely to reach the door without a fight.