Comments on: The Texas Question

By: Jerome

Jerome — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:42:54 +0000

Hey! Texans! Whoa, there! Wait for me!

If I can just sell this damned house in Pyongyang-on-the-Willamette…

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:46:03 +0000

A better way would be to work for a Constitutional Amendment granting any state the right to secession after simple majority votes of three successive legislatures.

The action of each vote being sent to the President of the U.S. Senate for record in its journal.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:47:54 +0000

This could be a runaround to secession.

The divided states could all refuse to join the US.

Then the republic of Texas (a union between the 5 states) could be born.

So Texas didn’t officially secede, just the states that were Texas.

By: Will Howard

Will Howard — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:38:02 +0000

Invigorating reading, y’all! But most re-assuring is the apparent exclusion of nuclear war as a procedural step. On the division question, one very big bone of contention is not addressed, the tidelands revenue. I’m recalling that one of Irag’s opposition to the Kurd’s proposed secession is the oil in that area. It’s a pecuniary (not a philosophical) concern, but some folks notice. Are the present oil reserves adequately dispersed throughout the state to assure a positive, statewide plebiscite?

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:02:43 +0000

Evidently the state department has rendered the point moot and has already recognized Texas as an independant Nation.
Check out this link from Hot Air: http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/30/does-state-think-texas-is-a-foreign-country/

By: tom

tom — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:51:14 +0000

please secede. texas is the source of so much backwards ass thinking and mentality. then it can become the mecca for christian zealots and all the neo con evangelicals can move there and have their ‘utopia’ where they control everyone the way they are striving for. It’s a win-win situation. America would finally rid itself of some of it’s worse pollution.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:30:55 +0000

I would rather keep Texasn the USA, as one state, than see it leave or split. I always believed that Congress could give the Nation’s consent to a secession act, with a Presidential assent or over his veto if the veto is overridden. I wonder if Congress can ordain an expulsion, by sufficient votes. Wouldn’t it make more sense to have an orderly expulsion of New England, and keep Texas? How many of you would miss Dodd, Kerry, Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, Leahy, Snowe, Collins, and some of the House? Just make sure it declare neutrality like the Swiss, and make it sure it doesn’t allow foreign troops to set up shop in the area.

By: SteveA

SteveA — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:47:15 +0000

These memes (about Texas seceding, or splitting into 5 states) aren’t new. In fact, they seem to resurface each time a Democrat is elected President. Wonder why?

No one has yet mentioned the only successful secession in our nation’s history: the Conch Republic. Key West seceded (for 24 hours) a couple of decades back. The Federal government chose to ignore it rather than suppress it.

By: Federalist vs States Rights | Calling John Galt

Federalist vs States Rights | Calling John Galt — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:27:05 +0000

[...] states have the right to secede? Texas Gov Rick Perry has been talking a lot about it lately. Obviously, there is strength in numbers, but is this a viable option for independent states as a [...]

By: Pogo

Pogo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:18:09 +0000

@LoneStar78730: Culberson, who researched the "Can Texas Secede?" question several years ago, cited Texas v. White in his talk the other evening. BTW: "succession" is a existing word with a very different meaning from "secession." Please use the right one so I don't have to keep reminding myself of this error while I read.