Will they call it "Wyxit?"

[beenherebeforeagain]

News from Wyoming:

Wyoming Republican chair hints at secession following Liz Cheney impeachment vote

And when Texas secedes, will it be "Texit?"

Thoughts?

(On a more serious and pragmatic vein, how would such a thing work?)

 

[McBell]

"If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede," the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in 2006.​

 

[JustGeorge]

Do you think if states wishing to secede were allowed to do so, it would ease up some of the tension in the country? Or would it perhaps make it worse?

 

[ChristineM]

Some i find funny
FLXIT
INXIT
MEXIT
MAXIT
MIXIT
MOXIT
NEXIT
PAXIT
RIXIT
VAXIT
WIXIT

Give Britain a few months to see how Brexit works for them, then decide

 

[Wu Wei]

Threats of a US State's secession always make me chuckle......but heck, its Wyoming...would we miss it...besides..it's surrounded by Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana...can you imagine the trade tariffs.......at least Texas and California had a coast line for trade when they threatened secession

 

[Altfish]

Welcome to Right Wing politics

Divide & Conquer

 

[Wu Wei]

Welcome to Right Wing politics

Divide & Conquer

Lest we forget.....California threatened it when Trump was elected and they re not right wing and Texas threatened it when Obama was elected...it is not right or left...it is just silly butt hurt politics

 

[esmith]

"If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede," the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in 2006.​

From: Could States Really Secede from the Union?
What Scalia probably meant to say was that there is no unilateral right to secede. One state can't just say, “The heck with you, U.S.A. We're out of here."

What a state (or states) can do, however, is begin the process of seeking a mutually agreed upon parting of the ways, and that process clearly exists, set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 1868 ruling in Texas v. White. That ruling concluded that a state (or states) could secede by gaining approval of both houses of Congress and then obtaining ratification by three fourths of the nation's legislatures. In other words, it's a tough task.

 

[Wu Wei]

From: Could States Really Secede from the Union?
What Scalia probably meant to say was that there is no unilateral right to secede. One state can't just say, “The heck with you, U.S.A. We're out of here."

What a state (or states) can do, however, is begin the process of seeking a mutually agreed upon parting of the ways, and that process clearly exists, set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 1868 ruling in Texas v. White. That ruling concluded that a state (or states) could secede by gaining approval of both houses of Congress and then obtaining ratification by three fourths of the nation's legislatures. In other words, it's a tough task.

But can you imagine the money and jobs, not to mention protection they would lose. Protection might not be big deal for Wyoming since it is land locked, but all federal jobs, federal programs and funding go away, And then Wyoming would need a trade agreement

 

[esmith]

But can you imagine the money and jobs, not to mention protection they would lose. Protection might not be big deal for Wyoming since it is land locked, but all federal jobs, federal programs and funding go away, And then Wyoming would need a trade agreement

It will not happen in my lifetime nor yours IMO. However nothing says that other States wouldn't join them.

 

[Audie]

News from Wyoming:

Wyoming Republican chair hints at secession following Liz Cheney impeachment vote

And when Texas secedes, will it be "Texit?"

Thoughts?

(On a more serious and pragmatic vein, how would such a thing work?)

Califorxit?

 

[Revoltingest]

The failing feckless fools will all be called....
Nixit.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

But can you imagine the money and jobs, not to mention protection they would lose. Protection might not be big deal for Wyoming since it is land locked, but all federal jobs, federal programs and funding go away, And then Wyoming would need a trade agreement

While the state provides the personnel for the national guard, the actual equipment of defense is owned by the federal government...unlikely that the government would ever let much of that go...

 

[Wu Wei]

While the state provides the personnel for the national guard, the actual equipment of defense is owned by the federal government...unlikely that the government would ever let much of that go...

Not to mention about 70,000 federal jobs going away...and highway funding...education funding and any other federal funding they currently receive

 

[Revoltingest]

Not to mention about 70,000 federal jobs going away...and highway funding...education funding and any other federal funding they currently receive

Of course, fed taxes go away too, freeing up a great deal of money.

 

[Wu Wei]

Of course, fed taxes go away too, freeing up a great deal of money.

true.....but 70,000 less folks would be paying taxes....likely more. There are a lot of folks who do not work for the federales, but their job, or company depends on them

 

[Revoltingest]

true.....but 70,000 less folks would be paying taxes....likely more. There are a lot of folks who do not work for the federales, but their job, or company depends on them

There's also the question of who would own
lands formerly federal

 

[Wu Wei]

There's also the question of who would own
lands formerly federal

Could be the federal government still owns it...unless they want to purchase it...kind of like a consulate on foreign soil....that was previously owned by the USA...And here is another thing....are they still US citizens.....now living in a foreign land....if so...they still get taxed by the USA

 

[Rival]

"If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede," the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in 2006.​

This seems a little unfair and less than democratic.

 

[McBell]

This seems a little unfair and less than democratic.

I lifted it from the linked OP article....