2007-08-10 05:09:03 · 15 answers · asked by reese 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
There is not a legal method for a state to secede from the U.S. at this time. Article 4 of the US Constitution addresses the relationship between the states and the federal government, but the question of leaving the Union is not specifically addressed by the Constitution. In Texas v. White (1869), however, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not unilaterally secede from the Union. The Court suggested that the Constitution ordained the "perpetuity and indissolubility of the Union." Even though a majority of the citizens of Texas voted to secede in a referendum, the secession ordinance passed by the state legislature during the Civil War was held void.
There are several groups working on secession policies. For instance, the Second North American Secessionist Convention is planned for October, 2007, in Chattanooga, Tennesee. Check it out at http://middleburyinstitute.org/secessionconvention2007.html
2007-08-10 05:45:19 · answer #1 · answered by Jim B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was tried during the civil war but failed...however I believe that the way the trend is going it may be tried again. Almost every state in the union is now able to supply everything its people would need 2 succeed from the union and survive without federal government help.
The people today are fed up with the laws and taxes that are being imposed and their money in the name of taxes being used for what they didn't vote it 2 b used 4. What we are seeing today is what the Revolutionary war was all about, taxation without representation...call me whatever u want but don't b suprised if something like that doesn't happen again and very soon, and this time, i think it'll make a difference.
2007-08-10 07:02:09 · answer #2 · answered by junkyarddogfan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the voters of a given state vote for secession and declare it's independence.
I offer Vermont.
Adios!!!! Don't let the cut off of federal aid get you down!!!
2007-08-13 18:26:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it can. The Constitution allows for secession from an overbearing federal government (what we have now). Lincoln violated the Constitution by starting the war.
2007-08-10 05:13:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. The South tried it before the Civil War. It did not work.
2007-08-10 05:11:32 · answer #5 · answered by regerugged 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's impossible. It's not legal NOW. But the rules can ALWAYS be changed.
So, if Hawaii does want to leave, and the rules are changed - hey presto.
2007-08-10 05:13:03 · answer #6 · answered by dryheatdave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. We already had a war over that. Peace
2007-08-10 05:18:37 · answer #7 · answered by PARVFAN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not without a civil war. And that's so already been done before, and it didn't work.
2007-08-10 05:11:37 · answer #8 · answered by alokpinto 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
refer to the civil war
2007-08-10 05:11:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
the mayor of key west tried that back in the eighties, it didn't work out. but there was one big , kicking party.
2007-08-10 05:16:51 · answer #10 · answered by Scott M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋