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Twenty-three percent of Americans would support the state they live in seceding from the United States and becoming an independent country, according to a new survey of 35,000 U.S. adults...
"The bottom line is that any state — or confederation of states — can illegally secede from the Union. But the result, as we discovered in 1861, is Civil War."
Leaving the country could have severe consequences for Texans across the state, including the loss of billions of dollars in infrastructure funding.
The Union’s victory set a precedent that states could not legally secede. Even before Texas formally rejoined the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that secession had never been legal, and...
At a time of widespread polarization—where people are arguing over a supposedly stolen election, vaccine mandates, mask-wearing, and the reality of climate change—a September 2020 Hofstra...
When 11 southern states decided to secede from the union, the result was a horrendous war in which some 620,000 soldiers died. That grim outcome supposedly provided the answer on whether the U.S. would tolerate states that seek to break away from the union.
The Supreme Court case Texas v. White centered on Texas selling U.S. treasury bonds it held to fund its participation in the Civil War. The court ruled 5-3 that the sale by the state’s...
If Texas or another state wanted to secede and the state reached an agreement via Congress with the rest of the country, then it might work, said Brian Kalt, a Michigan State University law...
America’s deadliest war should have settled the question of whether states could defy federal law, be it in defense of slavery or stricter border laws. Yet, in Texas, that is viewed less as ...
The Texas Republican Convention on June 18 called for the state Legislature to approve a measure asking voters whether they favor "Texas Independence." That is, a referendum on secession. The...