[Non-Sequitur]

No. The original colonies did not secede. The rebelled against Britain and they won. They never tried to paint their actions as something allowed by British law. But you all try to put some sort of legalistic cover on your actions which don't belong there. And why you would want or need a legal OK from the very Constitution that you are tearing up and walking away from is beyond me.

[billbears]

And why you would want or need a legal OK from the very Constitution that you are tearing up and walking away from is beyond me.

Because it's a guaranteed right under the 10th Amendment in spirit and letter of the Constitution