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Never been to Texas, eh? Hell, the break-California-up initiative made it to the ballot this year, was removed for this year by the CA Sup Ct, and has a non-ze

Never been to Texas, eh? Hell, the break-California-up initiative made it to the ballot this year, was removed for this year by the CA Sup Ct, and has a non-zero chance of being back on in 2020. E.g., https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_9,_Three_States_Initiative_(2018) https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_9,_Three_Stat... One of the questions I was asked in a State Attorney General Office interview in 2009 was: "What state would you kick out of the union and why?" (The secession debates were raging in certain circles after Obama was elected, and I guess some AGs wanted to know if incoming lawyers were inclined that way?) Will Texas ever secede? Will CA ever actually break up? I have no idea, and I doubt it. But the debate and even the effort is there.

JumpCrisscross 8y ago
> the effort is there The United States set a precedent for insolubility in the Civil War. Secession is not an option. The EU, on other hand, has an official exit mechanism. Texas talks about it in the same way New York and California talk about it; it's punchy, funny and rallies a crowd pissed off at whoever is in power. Breaking up is not a realistic medium-term risk for the United States. It is for the EU.