Me 3.
The 3 options, if they were to follow the title and OP should be something like:
-Yes, States should be able to separate from the United States and form new Countries.
-Maybe, but I need to study the question further
-No, States should not be permitted to separate from the United States and form new Countries.
The way it is set up is leading and doesn't actually give options to answer the thread title and OP. To answer 'no' forces an involuntary agreement of using force to control a State.
The way it is set up begs the question of intent. Do you intend to ask about secession, give Federalism questions, then use the poll results to claim that secession is a popular desire?
In fact, there have been many questions left on the table unanswered.
Namely:
The territory within the Confederacy did not belong to the federal government for the reasons stated. Again, the federal government holds title to a very limited area of America, even Lincoln didn't claim the US government held title to all the land.
Did the Confederacy lay title on the territory it was claiming was no longer US territory?
Well....?
Would some entity or group simply laying claim to the territories of American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island' Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, or Wake Island simply get away with just claiming them as their own new country despite thier being neither property or States?
Claim valid?
As far as using the terms 'legal' and 'rights' for the Confederacy, I thought they were claiming sovereignty, why would they have any claim to another nations rights or protections of law if they are sovereign?
Why?
As Jefferson said, secession shouldn't be for light and transient reasons, and I think if secession were begun by a state of group of states, it would be for serious reasons.
What would those serious reasons be that cannot be addressed by voter referendum, passing or repealing legislation, or Constitutional amendment either at the State or Federal level?
The reason?
Tough questions indeed..........