[4CJ]

#3Fan, your link to the handbook states,

'Once it was clear that a secession convention of some sort would meet, [Texas Governor] Houston convened the legislature in mid-January with the hope that it would declare the convention illegal. Instead, legislators validated the calling of a convention, turned over the House chambers to the convention, and adjourned.'

All prefectly constitutional. The Texas Chief Justice, Oran Roberts, presided over the convention. The delegates to the convention were not the Texas legislators, they were men elected by the people as delegates. If a "coup d'etat" occurred, why was such never reported, and why did the people overwhelmingly approve of the convention's actions?

[#3Fan]

#3Fan, your link to the handbook states, 'Once it was clear that a secession convention of some sort would meet, [Texas Governor] Houston convened the legislature in mid-January with the hope that it would declare the convention illegal. Instead, legislators validated the calling of a convention, turned over the House chambers to the convention, and adjourned.' All prefectly constitutional. The Texas Chief Justice, Oran Roberts, presided over the convention. The delegates to the convention were not the Texas legislators, they were men elected by the people as delegates. If a "coup d'etat" occurred, why was such never reported, and why did the people overwhelmingly approve of the convention's actions?

The Governer himself said it was illegal! Dissenters were browbeaten and discouraged from participating! You think that's a way to pass laws? And again Saddam got 100% of the vote so the popularity of thugs makes no difference. We are a nation of laws and due process, not a nation of bullies who got their hands on a gavel. It's what Article IV protects us from, states acting without following process or at least allowing a fair hearing from dissenters.