[central_va]

Unilateral secession has never been legal.

Yeah and you never seem to quote the article/section where that is covered..

[rockrr]

You’re not very bright but even you know that the Constitution is silent on secession. That doesn’t mean that just because something isn’t specifically enumerated then anything goes. States were admitted to the union by mutual consent. That is the only way (short of rebellion and all that entails) to leave.

[vetvetdoug]

The Federalist Papers and the underlying first sentence changed by the committee on style. We, the people of the United States was changed from We, the people of the States of ..... is where the first discordance emerges on the right of secession. There is an entire reference written by Alfred Bledsoe on the right of secession that never went to court. Many uneducated people have no idea of the research and documentation of the right of secession. Bledsoe became the Chancellor of The University of Mississippi after the war.

[vetvetdoug]

William Leech, the former Attorney General of Tennessee, and I had many times a long discussion about the issue of secession. He also had a common statement that has been repeated many times, don't argue with fools or those that are ignorant of the issue at hand, they will only bring you down to a lower level. RIP Bill.