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?!

"We want to go back to russia!"

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 😛

same with Native Americans (they all prefer different names for them)

yeaaaa

Yea if you ever meet a Native American dont be afraid to ask what to refer to them as

Some are fine with Indian, some prefer Native American, or Indigenous People, or whatever tribe they are part of

hard core!

basically it varies per individual or tribe

Tbh i think that the Federal Government needs to help the reservations more because if we are gonna make them live there we might as well treat them well too