[Jagdgewehr]

Civil War history and the Confederate Battle Flag aside, a moral, freedom minded people have a right to rebellion against tyranny. Therefore, regardless what scholars, courts or office holders declare throughout our history, states have a right to secede. Period.

A Union bent on totalitarianism should suffer a spilt from its states seeking sovereignty if the cause is just. Our Republic is increasingly becoming corrupted and undeniably in a decline. Don't think for a minute it couldn't happen again. If this federal government arbitrarily determines what is applicable in the U.S. Constitution and what is not for their own purposes, it deserves what it gets.

[rockrr]

But there was no tyranny - except for that perpetrated against the slaves. There was zero totalitarianism against the south.

[Rusty0604]

Ditto that!