Tim Burton on March 18, 2010 at 1:20 AM

What guarantees said protections of the Constitution to the People? The Constitution. What happens should a State attempt to secede? A: The Constitutional guaranteed rights of commerce between the States (and the consequent advantage given to the People) are nullified.

You forget the precedent which lead to the Constitution -- the much weaker Articles of Confederation, which weakness directly led to Shay's Rebellion.

The States could secede under the Articles -- none of your quoted Articles give a right to secession under the Constitution, any more than they give any State the right to ignore by nullification any single article of the Constitution.

Your reasoning is specious.

The Lost Cause is still lost, guy. Give it up.