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Scalia: “There Is No Right to Secede”Eric TurkewitzFeb. 23, 2010 |
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 The right of a state to secede from the nation is way outside my personal injury wheelhouse. But it has become a source of conversation on professorial and political blogs, and the concept has generated interest from the Tea Party movement. As it happens, my brother has a letter from Justice Antonin Scalia that is directly on point as to the legitimacy of secession. How he got that letter, and its contents, are the subject of today’s post. The inspiration for writing, and the release of the letter, comes from Prof. Eugene Volokh, who wrote, “I keep hearing the claim that the legitimacy of secession from the U.S. was ’settled at Appomattox,’ and I wanted to say a few words about why I think that makes little sense.” Continued 
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