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5. There is no mechanism in the Constitution for secession.

Fri Jun 30, 2023, 04:28 PM

Jun 2023

Therefore, via the 10th Amendment, it is a power specifically reserved by states until a SCROTUS case says otherwise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

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I am worried about this one next year. Diamond_Dog Jun 2023 #1

I'm almost to the point Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #2

I really see only one way out without eventual bloodshed. roamer65 Jun 2023 #3

The Civil War already decided that issue. Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #4

There is no mechanism in the Constitution for secession. roamer65 Jun 2023 #5

Any states that try that would be met with military action. Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #7

Quebec was not met with military action in 1995. roamer65 Jun 2023 #8

For any human civilization, there's only progress. Yavin4 Jun 2023 #9