Re: Digest #2000-103

Muke Tever wrote:
> Is that actual, or assumed?  Hadn't the South remained separate had they not
> attacked the North?  Would a state's peaceful secession be respected?
Actually, the North really forced the South into making a move.  They
left troops in forts that were in the South.  Thus, if the South hadn't
attacked, they'd be making a concession to the North, essentially
allowing themselves to have enemy troops inside the country.  The South
tried to force the North out of their country.

But as for a peaceful secession, there's still nothing in the
Constitution that says "No state may secede from the United States", so
I suppose it's conceivable that the government could decide to not
resist, especially if the military were too involved in some kind of war
to resist.  But I doubt it.

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