The serious answer is pretty close to zero with or without Sleazy Joe and the Ho.
Or, at least no more than other state.
Texas pulled out for the Civil war [the last one, not the next one] then was readmitted. Not certain if readmission legislation changed things.
What they might still have, better than succession, is the ability by treaty to split into smaller states.
If Texas can give up being the largest state of the lower 48, they could break into 4 or 5 states and produce 8 or 10 more senators. This could be useful to offset D.C. being changed to a state.
TLDR: Texas v. White ruled States cannot unilaterally secede except through revolution or through consent of the States, i.e. the Congress says "Ok, bye." The second is not likely to happen. The first, revolution to secede doesn't seem to be supported by the people if you believe polling data.
It may also be hard to break it up unilaterally into 5 states, as originally agreed to, first the law that admitted it in 1845 & before that, Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution.
why would a state have ever wanted to secede from the greatest nation in human history?
under a hypothetical biden presidency... secession or war are the two options... assuming texas wants to maintain any semblance of western civilization....
Biden won't be president.
ok then hypothetically.....
Better. 😁
The serious answer is pretty close to zero with or without Sleazy Joe and the Ho.
Or, at least no more than other state.
Texas pulled out for the Civil war [the last one, not the next one] then was readmitted. Not certain if readmission legislation changed things.
What they might still have, better than succession, is the ability by treaty to split into smaller states.
If Texas can give up being the largest state of the lower 48, they could break into 4 or 5 states and produce 8 or 10 more senators. This could be useful to offset D.C. being changed to a state.
why would it be difficult to secede?
A lot of discussion here; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_secession_movements
TLDR: Texas v. White ruled States cannot unilaterally secede except through revolution or through consent of the States, i.e. the Congress says "Ok, bye." The second is not likely to happen. The first, revolution to secede doesn't seem to be supported by the people if you believe polling data.
It may also be hard to break it up unilaterally into 5 states, as originally agreed to, first the law that admitted it in 1845 & before that, Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution.
just for reference, texas can indeed turn into 5 states. this isn't some kind of fantasy.
see the joint resolution of 1845
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/annexation/march1845.html
it's in the second paragraph
Zero
the USA was never a banana republic before
why would a state have ever wanted to secede from the greatest nation in human history?
under a hypothetical biden presidency... secession or war are the two options... assuming texas wants to maintain any semblance of western civilization....