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The Curious Lawyer: Secession, is it Constitutional?

Can a state secede? It is unconstitutional? The answer is not as crystal clear as you may think.

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The Curious Lawyer: Secession, is it Constitutional?

What You'll Learn

check_circleAnalyze the constitutional arguments for and against state secession.
check_circleUnderstand the significance of the 10th and 14th Amendments in the context of secession.
check_circleExamine the impact of landmark Supreme Court cases on the secession debate.
check_circleEvaluate the perspectives of leading legal scholars on the constitutionality of secession.
check_circleDiscuss historical and contemporary movements advocating for secession.
check_circleArticulate the complexities of federalism and judicial relations in the United States.
check_circleForm an informed opinion on the secession question, supported by legal reasoning.

About This Course

Can a state secede? It is unconstitutional? The answer is not as crystal clear as you may think. In this program, Peter Afrasiabi takes you on a fun, interesting journey asking these questions: What does the Constitution say about secession? What does it implicitly say? How do the tenth and fourteenth amendments impact the analysis? What is the scope of the Supreme Court’s post-Civil War opinion on this question? By looking at these questions and some of the data about growing secession movements form California to Texas, as well as some famed legal scholars works on the question, this program gives you all the legal arguments for and against the question of the constitutionality of secession.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.

Legal Technology & Education

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc. is a legal publishing company based in Los Angeles, California, that develops, produces, markets, and distributes innovative legal education content for law firms and companies. For more information about NMLP and its products, please visit  http://www.newmedialegal.com .

Peter  Afrasiabi
Peter Afrasiabi

Founding Partner at One, LLP

Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

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