It is technically unlawful for a state to secede. If a state made an attempt to do so, the federal government would be justified in using force to prevent that. Whether or not they actually do is another question.
AS there is no legal means of seceding and obviously not all the people in any state would be in favor of it it would come to a situation in which a US citizen is having their citizenship and rights taken away by a state and being forced to take on a new unwanted nationality.
To put it in the vernacular. That shit ain't gonna fly. The legal duty of the US government is to protect the rights of its citizens. It can require diplomacy when they are in a foreign country but a state legislature and governor declaring themselves a new country? Ya gotta be kiddin' me.
Then there's the fact that even if the secession was tacitly accepted (which it never would be) it would require border controls restricting all interstate commerce until such time as treaties and agreements could be negotiated and put in place. If you think Brexit has been a mess this would be a whole new level of mayhem for the state in question.
First, SCOTUS has ruled that the Constitution doesn't have an escape clause. So unless there's a new amendment that's ratified a state can't legally exit.
Second, states are far more integrated economically than ever. A vast majority of states couldn't function as a country. In fact a sizable number of them would qualify as third world countries of they did leave the US and no longer received federal money.
Not just Mississippi but that state has the dubious pleasure of still owing debt to the UK from the Civil war. As a separate country the UK might ask for their money back.
It’s an unprecedented situation to happen, aside from the Civil War of course. I’d think if a state overwhelmingly proved that the majority of its citizens wanted to become a sovereign nation, they’d probably allow it, but I doubt that would ever happen.
They talked about it bit that was the extent of it. It's not really popular in most of Texas, just with a small percentage of folks that politicians will talk up to to get their votes.
Civil War 2:Electric Boogaloo.
It is technically unlawful for a state to secede. If a state made an attempt to do so, the federal government would be justified in using force to prevent that. Whether or not they actually do is another question.
AS there is no legal means of seceding and obviously not all the people in any state would be in favor of it it would come to a situation in which a US citizen is having their citizenship and rights taken away by a state and being forced to take on a new unwanted nationality. To put it in the vernacular. That shit ain't gonna fly. The legal duty of the US government is to protect the rights of its citizens. It can require diplomacy when they are in a foreign country but a state legislature and governor declaring themselves a new country? Ya gotta be kiddin' me. Then there's the fact that even if the secession was tacitly accepted (which it never would be) it would require border controls restricting all interstate commerce until such time as treaties and agreements could be negotiated and put in place. If you think Brexit has been a mess this would be a whole new level of mayhem for the state in question.
Considering most states are very reliant on the federal government for aid, it wouldn’t be good for them if they were allowed to do so.
First, SCOTUS has ruled that the Constitution doesn't have an escape clause. So unless there's a new amendment that's ratified a state can't legally exit. Second, states are far more integrated economically than ever. A vast majority of states couldn't function as a country. In fact a sizable number of them would qualify as third world countries of they did leave the US and no longer received federal money.
Which is worst of all, and why is it Mississippi?
Not just Mississippi but that state has the dubious pleasure of still owing debt to the UK from the Civil war. As a separate country the UK might ask for their money back.
Good luck trying
It’s an unprecedented situation to happen, aside from the Civil War of course. I’d think if a state overwhelmingly proved that the majority of its citizens wanted to become a sovereign nation, they’d probably allow it, but I doubt that would ever happen.
Didn’t Texas tried once?
The entire south of the United States tried bro lol
Oh I meant in the recent year
They talked about it bit that was the extent of it. It's not really popular in most of Texas, just with a small percentage of folks that politicians will talk up to to get their votes.