If I am not mistaken, Texas, being the only state that was once a nation, has in its constitution the right to return to nation status. Correct me if I am wrong.
“Texas, being the only state that was once a nation”
How does one define “nation”? The 13 colonies, once independent, each thought of themselves as sovereign.
Regardless, those colonies declared themselves free. That is the point.
Where does it say a supposedly free people must be bound to a government forever?
Please don’t reply that the Civil War decided this. Give us a principle, not an act of brute force.
Vermont (1777-1791), California (1846), and Hawai'i (kingdom overthrown 1893) were also once their own nations.
Vermont, Texas and Hawaii were all independent countries before becoming states.