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To: wideawake
You need to reread the “Supremacy Clause.” Note well the phrase “which shall be made in pursuance thereof.”

I'm not aware that in 1861 there was a federal law prohibiting secession; if there was it was not in pursuance of the original constitution.

For your conveinience: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.

131 posted on 07/22/2015 11:25:40 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: jeffersondem
I'm not aware that in 1861 there was a federal law prohibiting secession;

There wouldn't need to be.

The Supremacy Clause says that all state laws are subject to Federal review.

An "act of secession" is a declaration that no laws of the seceding state are subject to Federal review, which is a direct violation of the Supremacy Clause.

136 posted on 07/22/2015 11:33:09 AM PDT by wideawake
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