Prayers ARE answered

@LeopoldBloom Here's an article on the issue =
No, Texas can’t legally secede from the U.S., despite popular myth
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/29/texas-secession/

One of the main principles in most State constitutions is that the people have the right to replace the government by whatever means they deem necessary. So, if Texans as a whole want to secede there is nothing that can stop them. Is the Union like a common street gang that can force its members to always be members? That idea runs counter to the ideas expressed when the country was formed.

The Texas population is over 28 million. What would be the effect if 20 million of them, including the politicians, simply renounced their American citizenship on January 2, 2023?

How could the Union force them to leave?

"Article 15
Everyone has the right to a nationality.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality."
https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

Would the Union bomb them like Russia is attacking the Ukrainians or like China is threatening to attack Taiwan?

@Diotrephes @LeopoldBloom And practically speaking, it's simply unsustainable. They'll be talking about secession 50 years from now. And meaning it. This post, while legitimate, is as much about airing out my absurdity filter so it'll be clean and ready for work.

Nope, we're stuck with Texas. We're stuck with Florida, too. Guess we'll just have to make them better places to live.

@Diotrephes Fine, if Texas secedes, and the rest of us let them go, it doesn't matter what the Constitution says. But that's a trite observation, like saying if 300 million Americans decided one day that we should be a colony of North Korea, that's what would happen.

@LeopoldBloom One of the basic principles in America is that the people decide on the type of government they want to have. So, if the Texans want to leave there isn't a damn thing the bureaucrats can do to stop them if the people persist. All they have to do is renounce their American citizenship and say that they are forming their own country on the land. They could then resist any further involvement with the Union and they would have seceded.

@Diotrephes If Texas tries to secede, they will face the same response as in 1860. But if they pay their portion of the national debt, compensate the federal government for the cost of all federal property (like military bases), and pay to relocate any Texans who want to leave, they are free to go.