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To: SeekAndFind

Texas cannot secede but it can divide into five states. It should seriously consider this option.

Going from 2 to 10 senators would fundamentally change national politics.


21 posted on 02/12/2013 10:24:24 AM PST by lonestar67 (I remember when unemployment was 4.7 percent)
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To: lonestar67
Going from 2 to 10 senators would fundamentally change national politics.

Depending on where they draw the borders, a couple of those states could be Democrat controlled. Regardless, they can't do it without consent of Congress and I don't see Congress allowing it.

28 posted on 02/12/2013 10:48:45 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: lonestar67

“Texas cannot secede but it can divide into five states. It should seriously consider this option.”

Yes and no. This was a provision in the first Texas constitution, but there have been several constitutions since then. I believe that first Texas constitution also had provisions for Texas withdrawl from the union within a certain time-frame, but it has been a few years. The modern Texas constitution doesn’t have this stuff in it.

Texas founding is unique in our history and so worth studying.


36 posted on 02/12/2013 11:39:30 AM PST by Owl558 ("Those who remember George Satayana are doomed to repeat him")
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