[4CJ]

I believe that I've said all along that I believe that secession is permissible, just the unilateral manner in which the South chose to pursue it was illegal.

Chase said the same. But you obviously do not share Chases' view that perpetual = permanent. According to Chase a more 'perfect union' made something [non-]permanent more permanent, yet that previous perpetual union only lasted 9 years. Maybe if the framers had changed "more perfect" to "new and improved" Chase would have understood it.

[Non-Sequitur]

Chase said the same. But you obviously do not share Chases' view that perpetual = permanent. According to Chase a more 'perfect union' made something [non-]permanent more permanent, yet that previous perpetual union only lasted 9 years. Maybe if the framers had changed "more perfect" to "new and improved" Chase would have understood it.

Chase said that was permanent and there was no reconsideration or revocation once admitted, except through revolution or through consent of the States. So even he recognized that secession could be allowed under the right circumstances.