Yea I have heard you say that before. But the Constitution isnt only the law of the land, it is the Union. For a State secede it has to defy that the US Constitution is the law of the land and in that State the State Government is decreeing that it will not follow the law of the land. Thus destroying the Constitution by a decree of the majority in that State. Thus also going against the Republican form of Government that the Constitution is all about. State secession is about getting rid of the Constitution. And no amount of you denying that fact will make me forget that reality.
the constitution is not the union......it is the states which form the compact.
by a state leaving its not defying constitution, because people of the state are excising their right to form any government they choose, they are casting off a government with they believe does not work for them, and seek to form a better government.
if a state constitution has in it that the people have the right to alter of abolish their own government, then all of the people of that state have to adhere to the law of that state as everyone does, those that don't like the law, are free have liberty to seek what they desire elsewhere.
every state in the union is supposed to be republican, however this is not true.......in the late 1800's states moved away from republican forms towards democratic forms, when this issue was brought before the USSC the court would not hear the case, because they deemed it to be a political question......this is why america has a great deal of democracy in it today, something the founders did not want to happen.
to say the people cannot leave the union is to say people are prisoners of there own government, and have no right of self government.
state secession could be two ways...1 a state wants to change it government which may be incompatible with the constitution, or 2 the state wants to secede because it wants to get out from under the control of the federal government.
what amazes me is you and others are ready to KILL, imprison, and usurp a state government, if it chooses to change its form or secede..........to apply force to people even willing to kill them if they simply wish not be part of something you wish them to be.
how did we get to this place where we are willing to kill our brother because he will not stand with us?