Message from @Rickard
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btw something those two states have in common. They both like talking big, and about succession
aaaaaaaand they never do it, in part cause its illegal to leave the Union
Is it really illegal??
"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."
so yes and no
Sounds like there is no law or chapter touching on the subject?
basically
if there is no writing forbiding it is it not then legal?
theoretically a state could probs but the overall Union would likely respond in a way to keep them in
Man that is an interesting subject, would be nice to have a lawyer pitch in
kinda like the Civil War
it was after that that we "made it" illegal
yea
Constitutional lawyer specifically
^^
"Texas v. White in 1869, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that states cannot secede."
I bet there is a great and way too long ytube video on this
Of course it was Texas lol
probs
Haha what other state.. Alaska?!
like i said Texas and Cali are the ones that always want to succeed lol
Alaska dont want to go back, although Russia want them to come back kek
the reasources
And the military strategic interests..
Pres who bought it got shat on but place ended up being black gold
oh def
No great deed goes un-punished..
Hawaii we essentially conquered
that i havent looked into though
but yea Alaska got Oil so we were satisfied in the end
Hawaii has an indigenous population, right?
yea
we overthrew their Queen iirc
it was weird
then we just turned around and gave them statehood
although again i dont know that much about it
I have a feeling this "invasion" also created a massive lift in standard of living, but also a loss of sovereignty
yeaaaaa
I know that there are some who use it for their identity politics
oh boy.. one of few topics i try not to touch 😛