I have a question for something I've been thinking about. I'm not educated on this.

The civil war, why couldn't the south secede? The declaration of independence proclaimed we have a right to throw off government, and while I know people say it's not in the constitution, the 9th amendment says it doesn't have to be. So why couldn't they secede? Didn't our government violate those states rights and is acting outside of law? Wasn't the war exactly what the 2nd amendment is for, and legally wasn't the south in the right?

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This is something else I've been thinking about in connection with my post earlier and the 9th amendment.

The Supreme Court recognised we have a common law right to use necessary force, including deadly force, to resist an unlawful arrest in Bad Elk v US. Now, they say it's "bad law" and jurisdictions have made it illegal by statute. Isn't that a violation of the 9th amendment? The people reserve that right.

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>>21355121

Another question. The constitution forbids government from infringing on our rights, why do so many believe that 1 of the 3 branches of government get to override that and decide what our rights are?