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To: EternalVigilance
There is no "right" to secede.

The US Constitution does not prohibited secession either. The US Constitution is silent on the issue. You stand corrected.

286 posted on 12/21/2015 4:35:52 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Any constitution or republic that made provision for its own dissolution and destruction wouldn’t be much of a constitution.

Of course, our Constitution does make provision for lawful, peaceful, constitutional changes if you’ve got a gripe.


289 posted on 12/21/2015 4:44:01 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: central_va

The original colonies, and Texas, could present a facially legitimate argument that they had a right to seceed. States admitted to the Union after the ratification of the Constitution were created by the Union. Having never been independent polities prior to statehood, I don’t believe there is any legitmate argument they could make that they had a right to seceed from the nation that created them.


309 posted on 12/21/2015 6:49:06 PM PST by henkster (Never elect a president with unresolved mommy issues.)
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