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It would be legal. It is written.

I understand that is no longer the case. After the War of 1861 that was taken out as part of reconstruction.

I would recommend moving towards a de facto soft secession. That means an alternate means of currency recognized by the state, preferably one that translates into gold or silver. That certainly means decoupling from the U.S. National Guard.

But we are not there. At least one-third of Texans would vote for Beto O'Rourke against ANY Republican for ANY office. A whole lot of Texans that lean conservative, including the best of our politicians, will get wobbly when big tech and everything that can move out starts doing so (Apple, Dell, Kimberly-Clark, AT&T, even companies like Bell Helicopter with big defense contracts with history's greatest debtor).

I'm not saying we can't get there, but we aren't yet. Things have to start getting worse. Ideally, Texas would come up with the kinds of laws that chase out the social lefties (the recent abortion law is an excellent example), and we should have laws with national implications (less restrictive vehicle standards, more conservative guidelines for public school text books, drill baby drill) that might get a California or an Oregon to want its own secession for the opposite reasons.

MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: All talk of secession is blowing smoke as long as Texans still comply with federal mandates that are enforced only by the federal funding mechanism. This is especially the case with public education from Kindergarten up through College.

SECOND, all talk of secession is blowing smoke as long as the Texas college system (e.g. University of Texas at Austin) continues to maintain a conservative-hostile environment using state support to do so.

No it was not taken out as part of “reconstruction”.

You cannot void a treaty between nations.

"This is especially the case with public education from Kindergarten up through College. "And that, folks, is the #1 impediment to a conservative form of government.