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Politics : Is Secession Doable?

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To: Mana who wrote (360)11/5/2004 2:49:55 AM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (2) of 1968
 
There was nothing in the Constitution in 1861 either, was there?

HOWEVER, the USSC has since ruled that secession is illegal.
The question of leaving the Union is not addressed by the Constitution. In Texas v. White (1869), however, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not unilaterally secede from the Union. The Court suggested that the Constitution ordained the "perpetuity and indissolubility of the Union."
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Texas v. White 74 U.S. 700 (1868) (USSC+)
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