The Supreme Court decided the constitutionality of secession in Texas v. White. The decision stated that beginning with the Articles of Confederation the agreement between the states to form a union was to "be perpetual." The court also stated that when the states agreed to "form a more perfect Union" there was nothing that more clearly asserted the belief in their indissoluble unity.
This decision was reinforced by conservative darling, Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote in 2006 wrote that if there was any single right decided by the Civil War it was that there is no right for a state to secede from the union.
What a horrible precedent. And an evil ruling. So all 50 states together, forever and ever, no matter what? Why not take over Canada then and make them a "state"? Or is 50 just a magical number?
Nothing magic about 50. In fact, there were only 37 states when SCOTUS ruled on Texas v. White.
So it's good to add more states but it's bad should one or more ever try to leave the union?
