There is a lot of things going on right now in the arena of politics that I could write about, which is as usual I expect, but today I am going to talk about a states right to secede from the union. As you all can imagine since Texas Governor Rick Perry made his little gaffe about the sovereignty of Texas, although he never actually advocated secession in his speech.
A states right to secede has been hotly debated ever since the War Between the States. Many northern news publications as well as residents in the north actually did advocate the southern states right to secede from the union, even though the government did not.
There is no law, constitutional amendment, or anything in the Bill of Rights that guarantees a states right to secede from the union of the United States of America including Texas.
Under the Texas agreement to join the union Texas was granted the right to split into four separate states if it wanted to at a later date, but did not have the right to secede. However Texas did secede in 1861, but the Yankee victory put an end to that secession.
What amazes me most about this whole Texas secession thing is not the fact that approximately 75% of Texans would wish to remain a state within the United States, but that approximately 31% of Texans would actually vote in favor of secession from the United States.
This amazing statistic makes me wonder what percentages of other states would vote for their states right to secede from the union also. It also makes me wonder what states would actually take that path to free itself from our current government and the damage it is doing to the fabric of our society.
I think that the states most likely to want or attempt to secede from the US would be states whose residents fell into certain categories I am going to list here. I also think these people would show a clearly definitive difference between their own ideology and the prevailing ideology that is currently infecting our government. The beliefs listed will be the very same ones that DHS has assessed belong to right wing extremists and potential terrorists.
1) Conservative
2) Low taxes
3) Small government
4) Pro life
5) Pro gun rights
6) Anti illegal immigration
7) Pro death penalty
8) Pro constitution
9) Pro democracy
Now I will tell you that I personally do not think the secession of any state from the United States is a very good idea. I that I personally subscribe to all of those beliefs shown above, but I also know that united we stand divided we fall.
I only hope that my personal belief in the unity of the United States is the right one, because I am not willing to spill the blood of another American simply because of the ineptitude and idiocy of ideology that the current reigning political party subscribes to.
That is all I have to say for today and I hope you all have an awesome day. I will be back again tomorrow, CIAO4NOW!!!!!
Interesting read and very interesting information and thoughts.
ReplyDeleteYou know, it's been more than 100 years since states have even thought of succession. However, with the current President and idiotic Congress behind him, people are beginning to have these thoughts and thoughts of revolution as well.
I never thought I would see this day. The sad part is that our President doesn't even seem to care that half the country feels this way.
To bad states don't have the right to secede then we conservatives could form our own country and government and then annex the rest when the libs wind up with everyone on welfare and no one working to pay the bills. It would cost us next to nothing.
ReplyDelete--There is no law, constitutional amendment, or anything in the Bill of Rights that guarantees a states right to secede from the union of the United States of America including Texas.--
ReplyDeleteThis is incorrect. The tenth amendment grants states all rights that are not specifically prohibited. Since secession is not prohibited, it remains a right.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
Here's the deal. The 10th amendment basically says that The United States Gov't ONLY has rights that
ReplyDelete1) are specifically granted it by the Constitution
or
2)NOT prohibited by the states
So, to put it simply: If the Constitution doesn't plainly give the right to the US Gov't then it doesn't have that right. BUT if the US Gov't tries to take that right and no one (State) contests it, then by silence the State GIVES that right to the US Gov't.
BUT...if a State prohibits the US Gov't from taking the right, then the US Gov't is limited in it's power.
ALL rights of the US (Federal) Gov't that are not plainly spelled out in the Constitution are reserved by the States or to the People. The US Gov't was designed by the Founding Fathers in our Constitution to be limited in scope and power concerning the States or the People. They cannot LEGALLY force themselves into anything not specifically enumerated by the Constitution UNLESS WE LET THEM.
THEY ONLY HAVE THE POWER THAT THE CONSTITUTION GIVES THEM OR THAT WE GIVE THEM!
WE NEED TO MAKE SOME NOISE AND LET OUR REPRESENTATIVES KNOW WE AREN'T HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE AND WE NEED TO TELL THE FEDERAL GOV'T TO GET THEIR NOSES OUT OF OUR BUSINESS!