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No right to secede

If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede

Letter dated October 31, 2006, to Daniel Turkewitz. http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/uploaded_images/Scalia… 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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"If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede "
   --Antonin Scalia, Letter dated October 31, 2006, to Daniel Turkewitz. http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/uploaded_images/Scalia… 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine