[Ditto]

Well, if they said "we are seceding and have decided to have no government whatsoever" then it might lead to anarchy in the seceding State.

What if counties in that state disagreed. As legal political entities, do they have a legal right to secession from the state government. And then say townships in those counties disagreed with the counties. As legal political entities, do they have the right to seceed from their counties? And then...............

you get the point. How far does this unilateral right extend?

[Arkinsaw]

What if counties in that state disagreed. As legal political entities, do they have a legal right to secession from the state government. And then say townships in those counties disagreed with the counties. As legal political entities, do they have the right to seceed from their counties? And then...............

you get the point. How far does this unilateral right extend?

I don't know? Did "The Valley" have a right to secede from the rest of Los Angeles because they felt they were being oppressed in the form of taxes and were forever a minority? I think they did have the right. They got to vote and thats how it should be.

Here in Arkansas we have a school district that wants OUT of the Pulaski County School District. Do they have the right to decide whether they run their own school district or whether they are forever bound to metropolitan Little Rock School District and all of its well known problems? I think they have that right.

Did neighborhoods in Miami have a right to secede from that city because they paid and paid and received few services in return? I think so.

How far does this go? Not sure, but I do know that people have the right to self-determination and to consent to the makeup and form of their government.