Texas fully rejoined the Union on March 30, 1870, when President Grant signed the act to readmit Texas to Congressional Representation. “The United States government has never recognized the right of states to secede, and considers the states to never have left the union during the American Civil War. Yet, the states were required to agree to Reconstruction before being permitted to send representatives to Congress again.”
Another legal fiction: They never left, but were required to submit to reconstruction in order to be RECOGNIZED as never having left. They either — LEGALLY — left, or they didn’t. Political games don’t change that reality.
It’s the same general idea with the EU today, but in reverse: The EU Council cannot eject an EU member, but it can strip it of its vote, which is effectively a de facto ejection but not a de jure ejection. Like I said, legal fictions.
There is a lot of unionist scum on FR......