Texas Petition to Secede 60k sign Petition

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Originally Posted by Light

MYTH MYTH MYTH
Do you ever check to see if your posts are correct before you post?

Ummm, see below.

Originally Posted by Cindy

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_Texas_...from_the_union

The US Constitution is silent on the issue of secession. There is no provision in the Texas Constitution (current or former) that reserves the right of secession, but it does state that "Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States" ... not to the President of the US or even the Congress of the US.

Both original and current Texas Constitutions state that political power is inherent in the people and (just as the Declaration of Independence declares) "the people have the right to alter their government in such manner as they might think proper."

Texas and Hawaii are two states that were once recognized as independent nations, before choosing to join the Union. Their voluntary decision to join the Union did not come with an explicit agreement that they could never leave.

Some people claim that the Civil War proved that secession is illegal. Whether one was in favor of the North or the South, all that war actually "proved" is that a state or group of states can be militarily forced to continue being a part of a group. Superior strength does not prove morality or legality as any citizen of the former Soviet Union can attest.

Texas is a Republic, not a 'state' of the 'union'.

Here, let me highlight it for you.

Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States" ... not to the President of the US or even the Congress of the US.

The US Constitution is silent on the issue of secession.

Texas Constitutions state that political power is inherent in the people and (just as the Declaration of Independence declares) "the people have the right to alter their government in such manner as they might think proper."

Their voluntary decision to join the Union did not come with an explicit agreement that they could never leave.