Not true. When Texas became a state it ceased being an independent republic. It is now subject to the same constitutional restraints as every other state.
While I agree with you 100% in principle, IMO the federal government has abrogated the Constitution so frequently and so thoroughly that I honestly don't believe that morally or legally it has the right to block a state from leaving the union.
The US Constitution is a farce. Law in this country is, on any given day, whatever the entity that has the physical power to enforce it wants it to be.
Pretty much the definition of a banana republic.
A few questions for you.
Where in the Constitution does it state once you join the Union, you can never leave it?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Constitution even addresses secession in plain language. Does it?
If our fore fathers were told once you joined the Union, you could never leave it, do you think they would have joined?
“It is now subject to the same constitutional restraints as every other state.”
Not exactly, for one thing it has the right to split into as many as 5 states. Texas could have 10 senators essentially if it pleases.
By all means please post the Constitutional art. and sect. regarding secession or not allowing secession?