Message from @Rickard

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2018-07-07 03:17:17 UTC  

"Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate’s political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Read more about the qualifications of the Electors and restrictions on who the Electors may vote for."

2018-07-07 03:17:22 UTC  

lol

2018-07-07 03:17:35 UTC  

jeez

2018-07-07 03:17:43 UTC  

id get rid of party selected ones

2018-07-07 03:17:51 UTC  

but yea it leaves it up to the states

2018-07-07 03:18:07 UTC  

so California might have different rules from say Texas

2018-07-07 03:18:48 UTC  

btw something those two states have in common. They both like talking big, and about succession

2018-07-07 03:19:17 UTC  

aaaaaaaand they never do it, in part cause its illegal to leave the Union

2018-07-07 03:19:29 UTC  

Is it really illegal??

2018-07-07 03:20:01 UTC  

"The Constitution does not directly mention secession. ... The Supreme Court has consistently interpreted the Constitution to be an "indestructible" union. There is no legal basis a state can point to for unilaterally seceding. Many scholars hold that the Confederate secession was blatantly illegal."

2018-07-07 03:20:05 UTC  

so yes and no

2018-07-07 03:20:49 UTC  

Sounds like there is no law or chapter touching on the subject?

2018-07-07 03:20:56 UTC  

basically

2018-07-07 03:21:07 UTC  

if there is no writing forbiding it is it not then legal?

2018-07-07 03:22:06 UTC  

theoretically a state could probs but the overall Union would likely respond in a way to keep them in

2018-07-07 03:22:10 UTC  

Man that is an interesting subject, would be nice to have a lawyer pitch in

2018-07-07 03:22:14 UTC  

kinda like the Civil War

2018-07-07 03:22:37 UTC  

it was after that that we "made it" illegal

2018-07-07 03:22:43 UTC  

yea

2018-07-07 03:23:03 UTC  

Constitutional lawyer specifically

2018-07-07 03:23:10 UTC  

^^

2018-07-07 03:23:37 UTC  

"Texas v. White in 1869, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that states cannot secede."

2018-07-07 03:23:39 UTC  

I bet there is a great and way too long ytube video on this

2018-07-07 03:23:50 UTC  

Of course it was Texas lol

2018-07-07 03:23:59 UTC  

probs

2018-07-07 03:24:04 UTC  

Haha what other state.. Alaska?!

2018-07-07 03:24:18 UTC  

"We want to go back to russia!"

2018-07-07 03:24:38 UTC  

like i said Texas and Cali are the ones that always want to succeed lol

2018-07-07 03:24:55 UTC  

Alaska dont want to go back, although Russia want them to come back kek

2018-07-07 03:24:59 UTC  

the reasources

2018-07-07 03:25:14 UTC  

And the military strategic interests..

2018-07-07 03:25:27 UTC  

Pres who bought it got shat on but place ended up being black gold

2018-07-07 03:25:33 UTC  

oh def

2018-07-07 03:25:57 UTC  

No great deed goes un-punished..

2018-07-07 03:26:16 UTC  

Hawaii we essentially conquered

2018-07-07 03:26:25 UTC  

that i havent looked into though

2018-07-07 03:27:02 UTC  

but yea Alaska got Oil so we were satisfied in the end

2018-07-07 03:27:58 UTC  

Hawaii has an indigenous population, right?

2018-07-07 03:28:09 UTC  

yea

2018-07-07 03:28:19 UTC  

we overthrew their Queen iirc

2018-07-07 03:28:23 UTC  

it was weird