Secession

What happened to the pre-xmas story about some states (Texas?) wanting
to leave the USA and become independent. Was it a joke? Is there any
political will to do this?

Advantages/disadvantages of a devolved America?

Originally posted by wolfgang59
What happened to the pre-xmas story about some states (Texas?) wanting
to leave the USA and become independent. Was it a joke? Is there any
political will to do this?

Advantages/disadvantages of a devolved America?

Originally posted by wolfgang59
What happened to the pre-xmas story about some states (Texas?) wanting
to leave the USA and become independent. Was it a joke? Is there any
political will to do this?

Advantages/disadvantages of a devolved America?

You actually wat Congress to worry about this sort of stupid stuff??? Instead of dealing with the budget crisis they fix that which affects them, airport delays. wouldn't want them to be late for their tee time somewhere or the date with a mistress(es).

Originally posted by normbenign
Surprisingly a large number of States have resolutions of session each year. Not many of them even get to the stage of a vote.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
But the mechanism already exists for states to leave?
Are commonwealths any different?

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
It would require a Federal Amendment. Otherwise, civil war.

Commonwealths don't have a central entity that is dominant over the member countries like the USA does. Any nation in the Commonwealth could leave if it wanted to without being attacked by the Commonwealth unlike here.

Its more like the British Empire than the Commonwealth except that our leaders are elected representatives from all over instead of hereditary nobility.