Secession, why or why not
Either yay or nay. Different scenarios of what the US would look like there was a secession. Do you think it would be a good move ? Why or why not
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Graylight · 51-55, F
Doesn't look good.
Even if the Legislature were to act on the new Republican Party proposal to put an independence referendum on the general election, it would not be legally valid.
“The legality of seceding is problematic,” Eric McDaniel, associate professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin, told The Texas Tribune in 2016. “The Civil War played a very big role in establishing the power of the federal government and cementing that the federal government has the final say in these issues.”
Many historians believe that when the Confederacy surrendered at Appomattox in 1865, the idea of secession was forever defeated, McDaniel said. The Union’s victory set a precedent that states could not legally secede.
Even before some states formally rejoined the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that secession had never been legal, and that, even during the rebellion, a state continued to be a state.
“The legality of seceding is problematic,” Eric McDaniel, associate professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin, told The Texas Tribune in 2016. “The Civil War played a very big role in establishing the power of the federal government and cementing that the federal government has the final say in these issues.”
Many historians believe that when the Confederacy surrendered at Appomattox in 1865, the idea of secession was forever defeated, McDaniel said. The Union’s victory set a precedent that states could not legally secede.
Even before some states formally rejoined the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that secession had never been legal, and that, even during the rebellion, a state continued to be a state.