No right to secede

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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

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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