Soccerdad1995 wrote:philbo wrote:Grundy1133 wrote:Texas would be allowed to secede per the treaty that was signed.
Whatever the treaty might or might not have said, the point is moot... Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated much more succinctly than I ever could: "If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede."
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There may not be a constitutionally protected right to secede, but there is definitely a right to do so. As so eloquently stated in the Declaration of Independence. That right is endowed by our creator and it trumps any "rights" acknowledged by a government.
My understanding is that Texas vs White established that a state can not secede. If I read it right, options would be for the rest of the states agreeing to let it go or by winning a revolution.
