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yes only Texas can
No, Texas cannot secede - this is a very common misconception, usually by Texans at a time when the USA are under a Democratic Presidency.
When Texas joined the Union there was a provision made for the state to be allowed to be divided in order to keep the "balance" of the states equal between north and south (think Missouri Compromise). It would be illegal for any State to secede. As Lincoln said, the USA are stronger as a United Country and not just parts.
Two points to consider. First, there's this brief history of the Lone Star State's 1845 entry into the Union, emphasis added:
When all attempts to arrive at a formal annexation treaty failed, the United States Congress passed-after much debate and only a simple majority-a Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States. Under these terms, Texas would keep both its public lands and its public debt, it would have the power to divide into four additional states "of convenient size" in the future if it so desired, and it would deliver all military, postal, and customs facilities and authority to the United States government. (Neither this joint resolution or the ordinance passed by the Republic of Texas' Annexation Convention gave Texas the right to secede.)
Second point: We fought a war over this. Lots of Americans died. The secessionists lost-including the ones in Texas. Secession is no more legal now than it was then.
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Why did the south feel that they had the right to leave the union?
They said that the USA was a voluntary assembly of states, and any of them could quit the Union at any time.
Warned that a civil war would result if any state left the Union?
Henry Clay
Was Tennessee a part of the union or confederacy?
Tennessee was Confederate state. However the people of the state were divided and many joined the Union army. Its capital, Nashville, fell early to the Union advance but many big and important battles were fought in the state. Many of the Union supporters in Tennessee were located in the eastern part of the state.
Why is dc considered a federal district and not a state?
DC was designed to be an enclave separate from the controls & laws of a state government, as any one state having the right to apply it's laws to the seat of the federal government would almost certainly lead to undue influence, at least in the eyes of the founders of the union.
Has the state constitution of Louisiana been amended to prohibit same-sex marriage in that state?
Yes, on September 18, 2004. The amendment says: Marriage in the state of Louisiana shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman. No official or court of the state of Louisiana shall construe this constitution or any state law to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any member of a union other than the union of one man and one woman. A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized. No official or court of the state of Louisiana shall recognize any marriage contracted in any other jurisdiction which is not the union of one man and one woman.
Why did the south feel that they had the right to leave the union?
They said that the USA was a voluntary assembly of states, and any of them could quit the Union at any time.
Why did the south feel they had the right to leave the union?
They said that the USA was a voluntary assembly of states, and any of them could quit the Union at any time.
Can you reposses a car in a different state?
Property can be repossessed in any state. A recovery agent can leave his home state to recover property in any other state in the union.
What did Abraham Lincoln believe was important for the US?
LIncoln's first goal was to preserve the union of the United States. He did not accept the right of any state to secede from the union.
State should be able to legally leave the union?
The question of a state legally leaving the union is a complex and contentious issue. The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly address secession, and the Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White (1869) that states cannot unilaterally secede. Any attempt by a state to leave the union would likely need to be resolved through a combination of constitutional amendment and negotiation.
Why did southerner states believe they had the right to secede from the union?
They claimed that the USA had started as a voluntary federation of states, and that any of them could leave when they chose.
What were the states that the Union conquered?
The Union did not conquer any state.
Will the uk leave the eu?
No, the UK will not leave the European Union, at least not any time soon.
What is the State of the Union address in the US?
A State of the Union address generally refers to any speech in which the President addresses the country as a whole.
Is Idaho an non extraditable state?
As in any state in the union, there are extradition laws in Idaho and you can be extradited from Idaho to any state. You can also be extradited to Idaho from any state.
Could any state do OK on its own if it seceded the union?
there is a reason why it's called the Union...
The first State of the Union address available as a live Webcast?
any any
