[HenryLeeII]

HenryLeeII: In fact, WP has admitted that he knows of no explicit prohibition against a state's withdrawal.

WhiskeyPapa: I am glad you finally added the word "explicit". The laws of the United States clearly preclude unilateral state secession.

Would those be the laws that aren't written? Either its written in the Constitution or in the Federal codes or its not a Federal law.

[WhiskeyPapa]

Would those be the laws that aren't written? Either its written in the Constitution or in the Federal codes or its not a Federal law.

The Militia Act requires that U.S. law operate in all the states, and gives the president sole discretion in when insurrection exists.

Walt