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re: If secession was legal then what right did the North have to keep the South in the USA?
Posted on 8/17/17 at 5:23 pm to buckeye_vol
Posted on 8/17/17 at 5:23 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:The 10th Amendment says no!
But here is my initial thought. Since the Constitution does not specifically address leaving the Union, but does address joining it, wouldn't it be logical that the same mechanisms for joining would be instituted in leaving?
No mechanisms defined means that right is ceded to the state(s).
Posted on 8/17/17 at 5:45 pm to NC_Tigah
quote:I mean that argument seems reasonable on its, but now there is SCOTUS precedent against it as well, and others reference other parts of the text against it (Article 1 Section 10; a perfect union).
The 10th Amendment says no!
No mechanisms defined means that right is ceded to the state(s).
But my issue is that if the forming of a union requires consent of the state and the federal government, then the divorce from this "perfect union" should require mutual consent from the parties of that unuon.
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