California has the right of secede Our Constitution represents a compact between the states and the federal government. As with any compact, one party does not have a monopoly over its interpretation, nor can one party change it without the consent of the other.
Additionally, no one has a moral obligation to obey constitutional laws. This is not to say there is not a compelling case for obedience of constitutional laws. That compelling case is the brute force of the federal government to coerce obedience, possibly going as far as using its military might to lay waste to a disobedient state and its peoples. The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government’s neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending.



