[hopespringseternal]

The secessionist states clearly violated almost every part of Section 10 -- especially that last clause -- and would by any standard be considered in a state of insurrection.

Will that be a first class ticket to London, or coach?

Ultimately, the point is moot. The Constitution was dead before the ink was dry. Might always makes right.

[Chuck_101]

When you are not a state, you cannot violate laws written for a state...look at the definitions. Do you know that Virginia and Texas each reserved the right of secession when joining the Federal Republic, and that they were accepted into the Republic without exception to those stated provisions?