And now since we're discussing sovereignty itself let us not lose track of the original fallacy, that of "secession". Secession has no link to legal or political sovereignty, and to suggest so or predicate a discussion on the assumption, is doomed for invalidity.

There is no legality in the world or in possibility that could either describe or circumscribe, provide for or prevent, a split in a political unit. Such a justification or prohibition could only come from non-legal sources, be it philosophy, morality, or any concrete expedience. The only argument for or against secession can be the fact itself, not any document.

However much we may continue to discuss the nature of sovereignty under American law here, never consider it any sort of bearing on the subject of secession in principle or in history.

Secession is not a legal matter, except retroactively.