Texas is a Republic. They used to be their own country. They joined under the express conditions they could leave at any time. I believe they are the only state that has that power.
The History we were taught was wrong. That's part of the Treaty that was passed in Texas but never confirmed by the US Senate. We were annexed in a back room deal rather than by Treaty like we were taught.
But there's NOTHING in the Constitution that forbids secession and only Tyrant Lincoln's Unconstitutional War forced the issue. Any State has the ability to Declare Independence for all the reasons explained in detail in the US Declaration of Independence.
The Supreme Court ruled in White vs Texas that the Constitution had no mechanisms for states to leave the union, but people always leave out the part where they go on to say that secession is legal...if it succeeds.
Which is basically a practical admission that, if a state(s) successfully fight off the US military and establish their own sovereignty, and the US cannot go in by force and impose their will in that state's territory (since, again, being defeated), then in a practical sense, the Constitution/Federal government cannot claim to have power there, and the secession was de facto legal.
The same with the US Revolution, since the British Empire was defeated and unable to force the US to comply with their directives.
Texas is a Republic. They used to be their own country. They joined under the express conditions they could leave at any time. I believe they are the only state that has that power.
The History we were taught was wrong. That's part of the Treaty that was passed in Texas but never confirmed by the US Senate. We were annexed in a back room deal rather than by Treaty like we were taught.
But there's NOTHING in the Constitution that forbids secession and only Tyrant Lincoln's Unconstitutional War forced the issue. Any State has the ability to Declare Independence for all the reasons explained in detail in the US Declaration of Independence.
Correct.
The Supreme Court ruled in White vs Texas that the Constitution had no mechanisms for states to leave the union, but people always leave out the part where they go on to say that secession is legal...if it succeeds.
Which is basically a practical admission that, if a state(s) successfully fight off the US military and establish their own sovereignty, and the US cannot go in by force and impose their will in that state's territory (since, again, being defeated), then in a practical sense, the Constitution/Federal government cannot claim to have power there, and the secession was de facto legal.
The same with the US Revolution, since the British Empire was defeated and unable to force the US to comply with their directives.