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To: D. Long who wrote (480249)	4/2/2012 3:54:33 PM
From: DMaA	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793623

I don't believe any of the framers disavowed the Declaration of Independence. They didn't provide a process but they certainly provided the circumstances that justifies it. That is evidence enough of the Framers' intent that union is a one-way street.

To: D. Long who wrote (480249)	4/2/2012 3:57:53 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793623

The Argument for a Right of Unilateral Secession: A Pact Among the States The U.S. Constitution does not expressly recognize or deny a right of secession. Accordingly, the argument for a right of unilateral secession begins (and pretty much ends) with a claim about the very nature of the Constitution. That document, by the terms of its Article VII, only obtained legal force through the ratification by nine states, and then only in the states so ratifying it. Because the Constitution derived its initial force from the voluntary act of consent by the sovereign states, secessionists argued, a state could voluntarily and unilaterally withdraw its consent from the Union. In this view, the Constitution is a kind of multilateral treaty, which derives its legal effect from the consent of the sovereign parties to it. Just as sovereign nations can withdraw from a treaty, so too can the sovereign states withdraw from the Union.