Every state is sovereign and never agreed when they ratified the constitution to bind themselves forever. In fact three states including the then two largest and most powerful ones, New York and Virginia, expressly reserved the right to unilaterally secede. Nobody at the time even claimed that this rendered their ratification of the constitution thereby defective. Under the comity principle, every state understood itself to have the right to unilateral secession.
The union is voluntary. Government derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed.
If California wishes to leave, let them go.
As does NH.. and in the state constitution is article 10 the right of revolution
“Government derives its legitimacy from the consent of the governed.”
This.
I am not opposed to states leaving the union in the same way they joined. I’m also familiar with the Virginia ratification convention and don’t recall an express right to secede.
Can you point to a secession document from the ratifying convention?
Sing it!
+1. Completely agree and it’s inherently obvious.