[Lurking Libertarian]

In Texas v. White (1869), the Supreme Court ruled that secession was unconstitutional unless the other states consented.

[rfreedom4u]

I believe it’s time to rehear that case.

[whatexit]

Well, with our current SCOTUS, the other states wouldn’t have standing to challenge it.

[SanchoP]

That would be the same Supreme Court that said Texas has no standing. Screw 'em.

[Rlsau1]

Ah, our Supreme overlords once again make national law. 5 Justices decided that secession was unconstitutional. That’s right, 5 unelected officials get to decide for the whole nation. Old Bill Shakespeare might have been on to something.

[hillarys cankles]

“ In Texas v. White (1869), the Supreme Court ruled that secession was unconstitutional unless the other states consented. ”

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Question is, how long are we gonna continue to follow the law when the

other side isn’t? Not really a fair game if one side plays by the rules and

The other side doesn’t.

[SgtHooper]

Too bad nobody cares about the opinion of the USSC!

[Kevmo]

Well then, let us help the 'other states' to consent. I've heard rumblings from the libtards anyways, that they wanna expel Trumpster states from the union.

I prefer extending the invitation to secede on a county by county basis.

It could even be extended to counties in Canada and Mexico, since we are forming a new country.

We could have a referendum on which counties decide where they wanna be, for 4 or 5 decades. Then the borders are sealed.

We already have sovereign enclave nations operating in the United States -- they are called Injun Reservations.

[stremba]

In Plessy v Ferguson the Supreme Court ruled that segregation based on race is legal so long as the standard of “separate but equal” is met.

In Dred Scott v Sanford, the court ruled that blacks were not and could not be citizens and that “The black man has no civil rights that the White man is bound to respect”.

In Roe v Wade the court ruled that laws making abortion illegal during thre first trimester of pregnancy are unconstitutional.

The first two of these have been overturned, and hopefully the third will be. A SCOTUS decision carries weight, but is neither infallible nor unchangeable.

[nonsporting]

...Supreme Court ruled that secession was unconstitutional unless the other states consented.

I don't recall seeing any language in COTUS relating to state "membership" except Article IV, Section 4. It only speaks of admission of states and not their secession.

Since the constitution is silent on the secession, this must be a power of the states retained in Amendment 10.