State Secession?

Question

I just thought of this after reading the Yahoo headlines about Bolivia.

My question is, could a state seceed from the United States if it wanted to? How could it, and would their be military opposition?

Oh, I'm not talking about slavery, I was just using their secession as an example.

Answer 1

They tried this once before, almost 150 years ago. It failed then, and it would fail now. There is no provision in the Constitution which would allow a state to secede. Lincoln was adamant that all the Southern states were still part of the Union. He conceded that they were in rebellion, but not that they had seceded.

Think about it this way. If the states had legally seceded, then their admission dates to the Union would have changed upon their reentry, and this is not the case.

But I always thought it would make a good novel. A state, with a large arsenal of nuclear weapons within its borders, declares its secession from the Union. What could Washington do about it? I think it would be interesting, as a novel.

Answer 2

...There are scores of individuals and families that are SECEDING from the nations and states of this world and becoming Citizens of the Kingdom of YISRAEL, the Government of Heaven. This is the "peaceful" solution. And although they suffer persecution from time to time, the difference is they turn the other cheek. You can find out more about this change of allegiance and citizenship at :

http://www.embassyofheaven.com/

Now, to answer your question: Yes, a state could secede from the corporate United States, D.C. which is bankrupt, but the states via compact indenture binders are sharing in her sins and it would be nothing less than a terrible bloodbath that would benefit no one but the Power Elite.

The first question I would ask, "Are individuals of such a state willing to rescind their FEDERAL Socialist Security Numbers and waive any and all benefits casting them into the wind?" Second, do you think the World Bank, IMF, BIS and Federal Reserve System would allow people of such a state to mint and coin their own gold and silver for the benefit of themselves and their communities? If such state and its people were going to "secede" the first thing they would have to rid themselves of would be the privately-owned and copyrighted Federal Reserve Notes which represent debt slavery.

Besides, even if a "state" successfully seceded, I guarantee you the King's agents (attorneys) would be nearby writing the statutes of the new nation and incorporating them into law. So nothing was gained; the people would still be controlled by the pen-ink and paper of attorneys and with armed officers (police-force) to whip and subdue any rebellion to the new legislative power structure.

No. The only legitimate government for mankind is the Kingdom of Heaven, and secession (withdrawl) is only accomplished successfully on an individual basis in accordance with His commands. Read about it at the site indicated above.

Peace be with you.

Answer 3

Legally speaking there is no right of secession. But in view of Natural Law, the people who are sovereign, have the right to abolish their government if it is oppressive. If the people of a state are being oppressed, they have the right to change the government or secede and live in independence. I don't extend this view to the Southern States which seceded from the Union in 1860, because their secession was to protect the Institution of slavery, which violates every principle of natural rights.

Answer 4

Not without permission of the U.S government. The is what the Civil War was about. Wanting to keep slavery was one of the reasons the South seceded.

In part of a letter that President Lincoln wrote to the New York Tribune in 1862, he said:

"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that."

Answer 5

That question was resolved at Appomattox in 1865. Once you join the club, you are in forever. Also, only General Lee and his army surrendered. The Government of the Confederate States of America never signed a peace treaty, therefore the civil war is still ongoing. But both sides quit fighting when Lee laid down his sword.

Answer 6

*Read the Articles of the Constitution. It covers just that subject.