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Melatonin ( Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

US question: Would you approve of your state seceding from the Union, declaring independence from the United States? I think California, Oregon, and Washington would, and probably Colorado too.

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US question: Would you approve of your state seceding from the Union, declaring independence from the United States? I think California, Oregon, and Washington would, and probably Colorado too.

Melatonin ( Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com )  to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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    Do states even have a legal way to secede?

    • SplashJackson ( SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Didn’t have a way to legally secede from Britain

      • SocialMediaRefugee ( SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml ) 
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        But this time there would be no ocean between the two sides.

    • Melatonin ( Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) OP
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      deleted by creator

      • SageMountain ( SageMountain@beehaw.org ) 
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        The Constitution of the US of frickin A

        That’s the Deceleration of Independence.

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      No. A full breakdown here https://youtu.be/1dhvry6E0jA

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      See: American civil war

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