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To: tejek who wrote (236693)	6/10/2005 9:29:17 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1572777

And no law or paragraph that says they don't. That's why I said it was ambigous, and that it was hardly accurate to say "Of course they did not have that right". No "Of course" about it. Tim

To: tejek who wrote (236693)	6/15/2005 5:31:31 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1572777

there is no law or no paragraph in the Constitution that gives a state the right to secede. does not automatically equal Nonetheless, they did not have the right to secede The constitution was an agreement between formerly soverign states that did not expressly reliquish the right to secede in either the constitution itself or in the Articles of Confederation. The articles (the first agreement to form a union of the states, expressly stated "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled." yale.edu The Constitution superceded the articles, but didn't expressly remove the right to secede. It could be argued that the 10th amendment " The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." combined with the fact that there is no explicit statement denying the right to secede, would mean that there is a right to secede. But since there is no explicit right or explicity denial the constitution is ambigous on this point. Tim