On 19 Aug 2003, Joe Brandt wrote:
> Unfortunately Texas is the only state in the union that retained the
> right to secede legally.
The Constitution is an agreement that each state entered into freely.
Each state should be able to leave freely as well, if that's the will of
its people.
Of course, this issue was already decided at gunpoint over a century ago,
so there's little chance of things changing except, once more, at
gunpoint.
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