Which political ideology do you most identify with?
That’s literally the destruction of the USA, great way to cripple a nation entirely.
The USA is already crippled entirely and I am supporting secession as a peaceable solution to conservative-leftist strife and a remedy to the endless spending of Washington DC. Secession is a constitutional right of the states, and the Founders would instantly demand secession if they were teleported to the modern age.
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They would have problems with all sides, and they’re not in charge anymore, nor should the basis of an entire country for 300 years onward solely follow the directions of 20 year old revolution era thinkers down to the letter. Every person who’s ever created a country or an ideology would be mad with where it went, for better or for worse. Secession destroys the USA’s military ability within a near instant, draws borders, separates families, and creates thoudands upon thousand of new issues, one’s possibly far worse than conservative-progressive debate.
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Secession is absolutely necessary to protect the sovereignty of Texas
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No it really isn’t, and they, despite popular myth, cannot secede. The civil war solidified that, and it’s not up to just Texas as a whole, that requires the Supreme Court and the consent of the states. It can’t happen, and shouldn’t.
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The Tenth Amendment says that all powers not specifically given to the federal government are reserved for the states (we've gone through this at length, remember the General Welfare discussion?) and the states NEVER voluntarily surrendered these rights, therefore LEGALLY the states still possess the residuary mass of right to their self-government, have their own sovereignty and independence, and have a duty nullify unconstitutional laws and secede from the Union as they so choose. Show me when, in history, the states ever surrendered these rights, and I may reconsider, but I can guarantee you they never, ever, surrendered them voluntarily. But I do challenge you to find me an instance in which they did...
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The “right” to secede was interpreted to never truly be allowed in the first place in the Supreme Court case of 1869 Texas v. White. At least, they are not allowed to do so, even by state majority, on a unilateral basis if the other states and the federal government did not permit it. The only way it leaves is if the US government is okay with it, and no, that’s never happening. It would require a massive change of precedent, and a large majority of the Supreme Court AND congress to let them leave.
