[Non-Sequitur]

Nope. The framers REJECTED a motion to grant the military to power to prevent secession of a state.

But it does give the government the power to suppress rebellion.

Can you cite a clause granting the federal government the power to prevent secession?

Article I, Section 10 and Aricle IV, Section 3.

[savedbygrace]

That’s some real creative interpretation there, N-S. Those sections don’t say that, and you know it.

[4CJ]

But it does give the government the power to suppress rebellion.

If that were true, the Constitution requires that the governor/legislature petition for assistance. As it was, even Congress refused to call out the militia when the states seceded, and they went so far as to REJECT a proposed amendment prohibiting secession. Face the facts, several states reserved the right to secede in their ratifications, and the framers REJECTED a motion to prevent secession by military force.

Article I, Section 10 and Article IV, Section 3.

I knew you couldn't, as nowhere does the Constitution prevent secession.