If Scotland can secede, so can Texas

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If Scotland can secede, so can Texas

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A comparison of the similarities to Scotland. There are pros and cons, even if it were allowed, which it won't be:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/if-scotla ... 36102.html
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withdrawal of a US state from the USA

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Prompted by the Scots vote and remembering Quebec's two attempts to separate from Canada. Is there any constitutional way that a US state could withdraw from the USA? I know it was tried in the1860s, but the union reacted very badly to that attempt.
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Re: withdrawal of a US state from the USA

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I think only Texas has the right to secede from the rest of U.S.A.
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Re: withdrawal of a US state from the USA

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I think Bill Clinton also signed a document in 1997 giving Hawaii freedom to become an independant too.
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Re: If Scotland can secede, so can Texas

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I think only Texas has the right to secede from the rest of U.S.A.
Or be taken over (or back), by those from south of the klong! :twisted:
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Re: If Scotland can secede, so can Texas

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^ I think that's happening already by attrition...
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hhfarang wrote:^ I think that's happening already by attrition...
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I think the Scotland succession really boils down to the rich versus the poor.
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