The same could be said of Robert Lee, Jefferson Davis, and just about every other confederate leader.
And if the UN commanded US troops to fire on New York City your response would be ....?
Where in the Constitution is the anti-secession clause, again?
"The same could be said of Robert Lee, Jefferson Davis, and just about every other confederate leader."
No it can't. Lee, Davis, and others resigned their posts with the federal government, therefore, they had no oaths to that government to uphold.
The same could be said of Robert Lee, Jefferson Davis, and just about every other confederate leader.
How?
None of them invaded the North until it became apparant that a victory needed to be won decisively on Northern Soil in order to gain foreign recognition.
Lee did not violate his oath when he resigned from the army.
Neither did Davis or any of the others.
The Federal Government had NO right, and still do not, to compel states by force of arms to stay in the Union.
The Power and Authority to Secede from the Union, for ALL states is contained in the 10th Amendment to the Constitution which reads as follows.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Nowhere in that document does it state that the Federal Government has the authority or the power to compel states to remain in the Union. As such, they do not have the power, but the States involved had every right Under the Constitution, to dissolve that union.
Now, I will change my mind if I can be shown proof positive that the Constitution expressly gives the authority to the Federal Government, to prevent states from leaving the Union.
Until then, my position remains firm and I believe, on solid Constitutional grounds.