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bart_calendar September 25 2014, 11:34:01 UTC
The whole secession thing is because the Constitution never really defined the difference between state and federal powers and the courts have been useless at settling the issue.

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danieldwilliam September 25 2014, 13:35:16 UTC
Do you think any US state would have a sufficiently large, organised and motivated constituency to get a succession proposition in front of the electorate?

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danieldwilliam September 29 2014, 10:22:22 UTC
Which obviously makes it tricky because, on the face of it you can’t do what we’ve just done in Scotland; vote in a local / state government with a clear manifesto commitment to holding a succession plebiscite and then holding the plebiscite ( ... )

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danieldwilliam September 29 2014, 10:24:02 UTC
I’m not sure how the US Constitution and the UN norms on the rights of people to self-determination interact in the 21st Century.

(I bet Russia would love to send peacekeepers to the Texas - US border.)

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