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The Supreme Court (in Texas v. White) ruled that a state
Posted on: January 28, 2017 at 16:36:11 CT
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cannot unilaterally secede from the Union.
It requires a Constitutional amendment with 2/3 of Congress (House & Senate) approval, and 3/4 of state legislatures (38 of 50 states) to ratify the amendment.
In other words, it's not going to happen — Congress and the states are never going to allow it considering CA's enormous economy (#1 state GDP).
It would take a revolution. The US Supreme Court even acknowledged this reality, explicitly, in their Texas v. White ruling:
"When Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation. The union between Texas and the other States was as complete, as perpetual, and as indissoluble as the union between the original States. There was no place for reconsideration or revocation, except through revolution or through Consent of the States."
You're welcome for the history lesson.
It requires a Constitutional amendment with 2/3 of Congress (House & Senate) approval, and 3/4 of state legislatures (38 of 50 states) to ratify the amendment.
In other words, it's not going to happen — Congress and the states are never going to allow it considering CA's enormous economy (#1 state GDP).
It would take a revolution. The US Supreme Court even acknowledged this reality, explicitly, in their Texas v. White ruling:
"When Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation. The union between Texas and the other States was as complete, as perpetual, and as indissoluble as the union between the original States. There was no place for reconsideration or revocation, except through revolution or through Consent of the States."
You're welcome for the history lesson.
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The Supreme Court (in Texas v. White) ruled that a state - JoplinTiger07 MU - 1/28 16:36:11
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