Doyle, in the interests of moving our discussion forward and reaching some degree of closure along the way, I would like to suggest we divide our discussion into two parts and pursue them serially - one after the other.

THE FIRST PART concerns my question - Can you or can you not (and at this point I will rephrase my original question) point me to any legitimate historical document, authored by anyone involved in any way with the creation of either the Constitution or the Bill of Rights that includes mention of the word "Secession" or some acceptable synonym such that the word "secession" may be interchanged in context with the synonym without changing the contextual meaning of the parent clause. Will you also agree with me that there are only two acceptable answers to this question - either "yes" or "no?"

THE SECOND PART deals with the meaning of enumerated vs. non-enumerated Rights, and what is and is not included in both sets of Rights. I must admit, I am uneasy engaging you on this second subject in view of your vastly superior knowledge, but feel it is fair for me to make this offer and try, if you are willing to participate in THE FIRST PART and will extend to me a degree of understanding, tolerance and patience in THE SECOND PART as I climb what I suspect will be a steep learning curve for this poor engineer (by training and experience) to navigate.

Do we have a deal, Doyle?