Can states secede from the Union?

Answer 1

yes but if they tryed to there would be a war and likely if there was 1 state against 49 the 49 states are likely to win. i love to awnser these. cause i am right

they also would not be able to in l milion years

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LOGIKO: The answer is yes. The rest of the babel above is an opinion that has no foundation and obviously no spell check.

------ LOGIKO 6/10/2008 www.luskism.com

Answer 2

A right? Yes. A state is a collection of counties which is a collection of communities which is made up of individuals. Individuals elect those who have the same morals and ideologies in the hopes their views will be echoed at higher levels. Remember, politicians work for us, not the other way around. A state has the "right" to secede just as it has a "right" to change its flag, its symbols, or its mascots.

But seceding is a tough road, especially when you do it alone. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union. It did so with the agreement and understanding that Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina would follow. This, effectively, protected South Carolina from immediate opposing forces. North Carolina persuaded Virginia; Alabama, Texas, and Mississippi were soon to follow.

Like expatriating, seceding from the Union forfeits your funding, out of state travel, interstate commerce, federal protection, and etc. Let's say Georgia decided to secede (which would be great) every flight out of Atlanta airport would require a passport to "get in" to the United States...IF the US allowed citizens of the new country of Georgia. ------ LOGIKO 6/10/2008 www.luskism.com

Answer 3

No. A state cannot secede from the union. Particualry the United States, once a state joins the Union it becomes under the protection of the Union. The union always has the best interests of its states in mind as a logically functioning principle. If a state wants to secede for the purpose of weakening the Union that state will be considered a rebel of the Union, as in the case of the US civil War, and the federal government must do everything in its power to preserve its embodied collective status. If a state does manage to avoid the will of the federal governement severe economic results will occur as well as law enforcement issues since the US has federal, state, county, and city laws. It just does not make sense for a state to secede from the Union.

Answer 4

Legally, the state of Texas is the only state that has the right to seceede from the Union, because their statehood was an annexation in 1845 and they were admitted like a country joining another one. But this will never happen, because that would cause a national war if Texas left the Union.

Answer 5

No. The Civil War cemented the principle that joining the United States is an irreversible step. Secession is considered rebellion against the United States. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution firmly established that secession is illegal.

Answer 6

There are a variety of people and groups in a variety of states that would like to secede.

The most organized one is the Alaskan Independence Party, a recognized and registered third party in Alaska. Their name indicates their sole platform - they want Alaska to be a nation.

Texas has plenty who speak of wishing it. They are mostly talk, though, being one of the largest receivers of federal tax dollars per capita.

Vermont, of all places, has some quite serious secessionists in it, and while its little known, back in the slave days, it was almost the Northeast that seceded, instead of the South.

Many in the Northwest states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho believe that that corner of America should be it's own nation. A book called "Ecotopia" was wrote about that once, in a fictional format.

The panhandle of Idaho has some groups that want a "ten percent" solution, in which the five northwestern states are turned over to a white supremacist government in which minorities are barred from it. Conversely, there are militant African groups that advocate that a fifth of America be set aside for a black-ruled nation here.

A very, very few Hispanic Americans in the southwest have spoke of wishing to vote on whether to become part of Mexico again. They are not well regarded by the 99% of Hispanic Americans who do not wish that.

Puerto Rico, which may be coming up to another statehood vote, usually gets to vote on whether they wish to be a sovereign nation. So far, they've not wanted that.

While the South is obviously known for having been quite serious about it, that was a long time ago. As a humor magazine once noted in a satirical headline, "South puts off 'rising again' for yet another year". They aren't seriously believed to be inclined to secession any more, though might if others did.

Various Native American tribes wish for more tribal autonomy on the reservations, wishing that they were real sovereign nations.

There are some states that would feel more comfortable with Canada. North Dakota, or Minnesota both have more in common with Canada than us. North Maine has some who might more enjoy being Quebecers, and Quebec is itself secessionist.

One day, all those diverse groups might get together, along with Quebec and some Native American tribes, and lobby (peacefully) for some massive referendum on making all North American governments smaller and more responsive to the peoples in the areas involved.

Frankly, that's probably overdue, and there'd be a large number of states not currently thinking of it, that would if they thought it could be done peaceably.

A book by Robert Heinlein called "Friday", was set in a future North America in which there were half a dozen nations, like "The Chicago Imperium", "The Lone Star Republic", "The California Confederacy" and such. In it, Washington and Oregon had joined with British Columbia, Quebec was independent, and Nevada was the "Vegas Free State". The original colonies were "The Atlantic Union".

The pros to all that is a smaller government per person and probably not so many overseas wars. The cons are that you'd need a passport, and have to exchange "Imperium greenbacks" for "California Bruins" and more, every time you travelled! That and there might be border disputes amongst currently peaceful states!

Answer 7

Yes, and when they do they can make another state

Answer 8

no they do not